republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-646.md

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Bill	Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation.	Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to include civil penalties of up to $50,000 per violation, not to exceed $500,000 per order, in any order for a violation of a permit related to the construction of a natural gas transmission pipeline greater than 36 inches inside diameter. Current law limits such penalties to $32,500 per violation and $100,000 per order. The bill requires that at least two written notices of violation have been issued to the person constructing the pipeline, that such violations have not been resolved, and that a hearing has been conducted before the penalty can be assessed.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 646	Virginia HB 646 (2020)	bill		enacted	Chris L. Hurst	4	31	7	2020-01-06	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/4789c634-9f31-4762-8e2e-a920ffcf3d87	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB646	cb22e1e7089eb4e365238cea41e2dfa3d23b7acf6048016fd2756343998cda1d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 646 (2020) — Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation.

Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation. Authorizes the State Water Control Board to include civil penalties of up to $50,000 per violation, not to exceed $500,000 per order, in any order for a violation of a permit related to the construction of a natural gas transmission pipeline greater than 36 inches inside diameter. Current law limits such penalties to $32,500 per violation and $100,000 per order. The bill requires that at least two written notices of violation have been issued to the person constructing the pipeline, that such violations have not been resolved, and that a hearing has been conducted before the penalty can be assessed.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0449) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB646ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB646S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB646S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N 1-A) — 56–39 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A) — 57–40 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104051D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108102D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108102D-S1
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB646S1
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (HB646S1)
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108102D-S1 (57-Y 39-N 1-A)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 39-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-02 Enrolled
• 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB646ER)
• 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-03 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
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 449 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4789c634-9f31-4762-8e2e-a920ffcf3d87. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).