republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-679.md

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Bill	Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.	Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee established; sunset. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to reestablish the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee, which expired on January 1, 2018, to assist the Department and the State Water Commission in the management of groundwater in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 679	Virginia SB 679 (2020)	bill		enacted	T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason	4	33	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/ed434b11-daf8-4781-aac8-6d9f7db119cd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB679	dc99b6890015b6b8de9df0737d5d7e8508cbe60e6bb630c361c5be7f37b91760	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 679 (2020) — Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee established; sunset. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to reestablish the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee, which expired on January 1, 2018, to assist the Department and the State Water Commission in the management of groundwater in the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0805) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB679ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB679S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB679) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103069D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB679)
• 2020-01-31 Reported from Rules with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-31 Committee substitute printed 20106575D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20106575D-S1
• 2020-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB679S1
• 2020-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB679S1)
• 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 with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-24 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2020-02-24 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB679ER)
• 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-04 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 805 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed434b11-daf8-4781-aac8-6d9f7db119cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).