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Bill Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector. Nutrient credit use; land-disturbing activity by wastewater utility. Provides that when a publicly owned wastewater treatment works conducts land-disturbing activities in order to construct or expand a facility, it may comply with the water quality requirements associated with such land-disturbing activities by generating and using point source nutrient credits, point source phosphorus credits, and sediment credits through the operation of its existing treatment facilities. The bill requires the treatment works to notify the Department of Environmental Quality of its plan, to adopt a ratio of 10 point source nitrogen credits for each point source phosphorus credit used, and to classify the credits as permanent using a means acceptable to the Department. The bill limits to 10 pounds per year the application of point source phosphorus credits to a single project other than a water reclamation and reuse project. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1609 Virginia HB 1609 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1609 (2020) — Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.

Nutrient credit use; land-disturbing activity by wastewater utility. Provides that when a publicly owned wastewater treatment works conducts land-disturbing activities in order to construct or expand a facility, it may comply with the water quality requirements associated with such land-disturbing activities by generating and using point source nutrient credits, point source phosphorus credits, and sediment credits through the operation of its existing treatment facilities. The bill requires the treatment works to notify the Department of Environmental Quality of its plan, to adopt a ratio of 10 point source nitrogen credits for each point source phosphorus credit used, and to classify the credits as permanent using a means acceptable to the Department. The bill limits to 10 pounds per year the application of point source phosphorus credits to a single project other than a water reclamation and reuse project.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1103) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1609ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1609H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1609S1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1609) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Martha M. Mugler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105450D introduction
  • 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-30 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
  • 2020-02-03 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1609)
  • 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107579D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20107579D-H1
  • 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1609H1
  • 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-10 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1609H1)
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108888D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-28 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 20108888D-S1
  • 2020-02-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1609S1
  • 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-28 Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-02 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108888D-S1 (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-02 VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1609S1)
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1609ER)
  • 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
  • 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1103 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5c189250-1978-4f97-a85f-7b463e74fc57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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