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| Bill | Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer. | Nonagricultural irrigation wells prohibited outside surficial aquifer. Prohibits any person from constructing a well in a ground water management area for nonagricultural irrigation purposes except in the surficial aquifer. The bill authorizes the State Water Control Board (the Board) to adopt regulations to develop a general permit for the regulation of irrigation withdrawals from the surficial aquifer greater than 300,000 gallons in any one month. The bill directs the Board to promulgate regulations establishing criteria for determining whether the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer is adequate to meet a proposed beneficial use and requires that such regulations specify the information required to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by a golf course or any other person seeking a determination from the Department that either the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer is not adequate to meet a proposed beneficial use. The bill requires such regulations require the Department, within 30 days of receipt of a complete request, to make a determination as to the adequacy of the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 673 | Virginia SB 673 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 673 (2020) — Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.
Nonagricultural irrigation wells prohibited outside surficial aquifer. Prohibits any person from constructing a well in a ground water management area for nonagricultural irrigation purposes except in the surficial aquifer. The bill authorizes the State Water Control Board (the Board) to adopt regulations to develop a general permit for the regulation of irrigation withdrawals from the surficial aquifer greater than 300,000 gallons in any one month. The bill directs the Board to promulgate regulations establishing criteria for determining whether the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer is adequate to meet a proposed beneficial use and requires that such regulations specify the information required to be submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by a golf course or any other person seeking a determination from the Department that either the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer is not adequate to meet a proposed beneficial use. The bill requires such regulations require the Department, within 30 days of receipt of a complete request, to make a determination as to the adequacy of the quantity or quality of the ground water in a surficial aquifer.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0670) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB673ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB673S1) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB673S1) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102478D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-21 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-01-21 Committee substitute printed 20105741D-S1
substitution - 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB673S1)
- 2020-01-24 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-01-24 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-01-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20105741D-S1
- 2020-01-24 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB673S1
- 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-02-13 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (12-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Passed House (55-Y 45-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 2020-02-27 Enrolled
- 2020-02-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB673ER)
- 2020-02-27 Signed by President
- 2020-02-27 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-10 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- 2020-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 670 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/517e1a71-76c2-4790-a44f-29ffecd82de1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).