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Bill Coal ash ponds; definitions, testing private wells and public water supply wells, etc. Coal ash ponds; private wells and public water supply wells; resident notification. Requires a utility, defined in the bill as the owner or operator of a coal ash pond in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to complete a survey of all private wells and public water supply wells within 1.5 miles of each of its ponds by October 1, 2020, and to notify residents via mail and a local newspaper posting that the survey will be conducted. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1641 Virginia HB 1641 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1641 (2020) — Coal ash ponds; definitions, testing private wells and public water supply wells, etc.

Coal ash ponds; private wells and public water supply wells; resident notification. Requires a utility, defined in the bill as the owner or operator of a coal ash pond in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to complete a survey of all private wells and public water supply wells within 1.5 miles of each of its ponds by October 1, 2020, and to notify residents via mail and a local newspaper posting that the survey will be conducted.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1641ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1641H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1641) (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from DPB (HB1641S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) — 327 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 5-N) — 165 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 4-N) — 104 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — 7424 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 23-N) — 7223 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 50 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Hala S. Ayala — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
  • Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
  • Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
  • David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
  • James A. "Jay" Leftwich — cosponsor (person)
  • James E. Edmunds, II — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
  • Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — cosponsor (person)
  • Joseph C. Lindsey — cosponsor (person)
  • Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
  • Karrie K. Delaney — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
  • Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
  • Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)
  • Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20104490D introduction
  • 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB1641)
  • 2020-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20106955D-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 20106955D-H1
  • 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1641H1
  • 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (75-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1641H1)
  • 2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-25 Committee substitute printed 20108966D-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 20108966D-S1
  • 2020-02-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB1641S1)
  • 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1641S1
  • 2020-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) passage
  • 2020-03-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-03-03 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108966D-S1 (73-Y 23-N)
  • 2020-03-03 VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 23-N)
  • 2020-03-06 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB1641ER)
  • 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
  • 2020-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 625 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3bf8ff34-1e8d-42d2-98d4-d69713b72c98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).