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Bill Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health. Discharge of deleterious substance into statewaters; notice. Decreases from 24 hours to eight hours the timeframe for any person who unlawfully discharges any deleterious substanceinto state waters to give notice to the Director of the Departmentof Environmental Quality (DEQ) or the local coordinator of emergencyservices. The bill also requires DEQ to give the reported dischargeinformation to the Virginia Department of Health, local newspapers,television stations, and radio stations, and disseminate via commonlyused social media platforms and email notification lists within eighthours of receipt of such information. Current law only requires certainof these disclosures and only when the Virginia Department of Healthdetermines that the discharge may be detrimental to the public healthor the State Water Control Board determines that the discharge mayimpair beneficial uses of state waters. The bill also requires theDepartment of Environmental Quality, if the Virginia Department ofHealth determines that the discharge may be detrimental to the publichealth, to provide information regarding such determination to thesame recipients within eight hours of receipt of such determination. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1205 Virginia HB 1205 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1205 (2020) — Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health.

Discharge of deleterious substance into statewaters; notice. Decreases from 24 hours to eight hours the timeframe for any person who unlawfully discharges any deleterious substanceinto state waters to give notice to the Director of the Departmentof Environmental Quality (DEQ) or the local coordinator of emergencyservices. The bill also requires DEQ to give the reported dischargeinformation to the Virginia Department of Health, local newspapers,television stations, and radio stations, and disseminate via commonlyused social media platforms and email notification lists within eighthours of receipt of such information. Current law only requires certainof these disclosures and only when the Virginia Department of Healthdetermines that the discharge may be detrimental to the public healthor the State Water Control Board determines that the discharge mayimpair beneficial uses of state waters. The bill also requires theDepartment of Environmental Quality, if the Virginia Department ofHealth determines that the discharge may be detrimental to the publichealth, to provide information regarding such determination to thesame recipients within eight hours of receipt of such determination.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1182) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1205ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1205H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1205H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1205S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (59-Y 37-N) — 58–37 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 38-N) — 59–38 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104914D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
  • 2020-01-27 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-29 Incorporates HB1128 (Lopez)
  • 2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20106881D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20106881D-H1
  • 2020-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1205H1
  • 2020-02-04 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 37-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-04 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 37-N)
  • 2020-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB1205H1)
  • 2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108508D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-02-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1205S1)
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-27 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20108508D-S1
  • 2020-02-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1205S1
  • 2020-02-27 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108508D-S1 (60-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1205ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1182 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f7bd334e-3071-4b53-a312-10146c122b22. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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