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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 SB 899 Virginia SB 899 (2017)
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Virginia SB 899 (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 (CHAP0545) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105270D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB899ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101130D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Senate acceded to request — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 220 (pass) · legislature
  • Read third time and passed Senate — 382 (pass) · legislature
  • Conference report agreed to by House — 940 (pass) · legislature
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate — 400 (pass) · legislature
  • House substitute rejected by Senate — 139 (fail) · legislature
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 112 (pass) · legislature
  • Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 950 (pass) · legislature
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 390 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

  • Bill R. DeSteph, Jr. — primary (person)
  • Barry D. Knight — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2016-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101130D introduction
  • 2016-12-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2017-01-17 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
  • 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2017-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2017-02-10 Read third time reading-3
  • 2017-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 17105270D-H1
  • 2017-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB899H1
  • 2017-02-10 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (95-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2017-02-15 House insisted on substitute
  • 2017-02-15 House requested conference committee
  • 2017-02-17 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2017-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
  • 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (94-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 545 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab79ffd9-e723-4540-b2a8-ccc347a8d521. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).