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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.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0625) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1641ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1641H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1641) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1641S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 5-N) — 16–5 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 24-N) — 74–24 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (73-Y 23-N) — 72–23 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (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).