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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 679"
citation: "Virginia SB 679 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed434b11-daf8-4781-aac8-6d9f7db119cd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB679"
source_hash: "dc99b6890015b6b8de9df0737d5d7e8508cbe60e6bb630c361c5be7f37b91760"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0805)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB679ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB679ER)
3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB679S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB679S1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB679)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB679)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed434b11-daf8-4781-aac8-6d9f7db119cd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).