republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-911.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge.	Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 911	Virginia SB 911 (2017)	bill	Mines and Mining	enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	15	7	2016-12-27	2017-02-17	openstates	ocd-bill/c07cbecb-2af7-4a4e-8bac-61173e6080bd	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB911	be9eccfe4811d09eff3a1a2f7c61380c476eca60116abd93be4e35e6a11ea738	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 911 (2017) — Orphaned Well Fund; surcharge.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0018) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB911ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101274D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House — 92–3 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed Senate — 33–6 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 34–6 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-27 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101274D introduction
• 2016-12-27 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 Passed House (92-Y 3-N) passage
• 2017-02-13 Enrolled
• 2017-02-13 Signed by President
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-14 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/14/17
• 2017-02-14 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 21, 2017
• 2017-02-17 Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c07cbecb-2af7-4a4e-8bac-61173e6080bd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).