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type: "Bill"
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title: "Nutrient Offset Fund; sale of credits."
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description: "Requires the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to use certain funds to purchase nutrient credits for point or nonpoint sources that achieve reductions beyond the requirements of state or federal law or the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill directs DEQ to establish procedures for distributing moneys from the Nutrient Offset Fund with certain requirements. The bill requires the Director of DEQ to consider the recommendations of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the requirements of the State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.) in the sale of nutrient credits to new or expanding private facilities. The bill also removes the priority given to nutrient offsets produced from facilities that generate electricity from animal waste. The bill renames nutrient offsets as nutrient credits."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 2311"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2311 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Conservation", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Kirkland Cox"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-03-16"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/45838b0e-df06-466e-abad-0776f4cfb5af"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2311"
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source_hash: "1b205d5b8ac8802636386977cf3406003cdfa95c424ac23a9e2e9afd78bfbf37"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2311 (2017) — Nutrient Offset Fund; sale of credits.
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Requires the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to use certain funds to purchase nutrient credits for point or nonpoint sources that achieve reductions beyond the requirements of state or federal law or the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill directs DEQ to establish procedures for distributing moneys from the Nutrient Offset Fund with certain requirements. The bill requires the Director of DEQ to consider the recommendations of the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the requirements of the State Water Control Law (§ 62.1-44.2 et seq.) in the sale of nutrient credits to new or expanding private facilities. The bill also removes the priority given to nutrient offsets produced from facilities that generate electricity from animal waste. The bill renames nutrient offsets as nutrient credits.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0540)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0540)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2311ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2311ER)
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3. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17101510D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2311)
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4. **House: Printed as engrossed 17101510D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2311E)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- M. Kirkland Cox — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Presented and ordered printed 17101510D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-20** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2017-01-20** Engrossed by House as amended HB2311E
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- **2017-01-20** Printed as engrossed 17101510D-E
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- **2017-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-03-07** Enrolled
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- **2017-03-07** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2017-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
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- **2017-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
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- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 540 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/45838b0e-df06-466e-abad-0776f4cfb5af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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