republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1520.md

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Bill	Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use.	Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1520	Virginia HB 1520 (2017)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food Motor Fuels Motor Vehicles	enacted	Barry D. Knight	5	28	10	2016-12-22	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/0b12f290-3c8b-480b-9a9a-8c7bafa65ebe	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1520	5f4708a29aabebea5a98f3c5eb0fdb9704df63e855888cf6337351fd501adc34	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1520 (2017) — Reformulated gasoline; sale for farm use.

Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to seek an exemption from the federal reformulated gasoline (RFG) program for conventional, ethanol-free gasoline sold and delivered for use in farm motor vehicles. This bill is identical to

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0526) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1520ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104672D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101137D (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105183D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate insisted on substitute — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 93–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate substitute rejected by House 17105183D-S1 — 0–100 (fail) · legislature
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 13–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Barry D. Knight — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2016-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101137D introduction
• 2016-12-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 17104672D-H1
• 2017-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1520H1
• 2017-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 17105183D-S1
• 2017-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1520S1
• 2017-02-09 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-09 Senate substitute rejected by House 17105183D-S1 (0-Y 100-N)
• 2017-02-13 Senate requested conference committee
• 2017-02-14 House acceded to request
• 2017-02-14 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-15 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 526 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b12f290-3c8b-480b-9a9a-8c7bafa65ebe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).