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| Bill | Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector. | Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limit certain transfers to private sector. Limits certain transfers of nonpoint nutrient credits to those credits generated by the private sector. The bill provides that while any locality may, without the involvement of a third party, generate its own nutrient or sediment credits and request that such credits be certified by the Department of Environmental Quality, such certifications shall only be used for the purpose of determining whether the project complies with certain credit generation requirements. The bill authorizes any publicly owned water treatment works that is constructing or expanding a treatment facility to permanently retire a portion of its wasteload allocation under certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 1609. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | SB 747 | Virginia SB 747 (2020) |
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Virginia SB 747 (2020) — Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limit certain transfers to private sector. Limits certain transfers of nonpoint nutrient credits to those credits generated by the private sector. The bill provides that while any locality may, without the involvement of a third party, generate its own nutrient or sediment credits and request that such credits be certified by the Department of Environmental Quality, such certifications shall only be used for the purpose of determining whether the project complies with certain credit generation requirements. The bill authorizes any publicly owned water treatment works that is constructing or expanding a treatment facility to permanently retire a portion of its wasteload allocation under certain circumstances. This bill is identical to HB 1609.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1102) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB747ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB747H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB747S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (SB747) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N) — 92–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103284D
introduction - 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-30 Impact statement from DPB (SB747)
- 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107387D-S1
substitution - 2020-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-07 Reading of substitute waived
- 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20107387D-S1
- 2020-02-07 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB747S1
- 2020-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-07 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 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 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2020-02-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (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 substitute (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108346D-H1
substitution - 2020-02-21 Read second time
reading-2 - 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Committee substitute agreed to 20108346D-H1
- 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB747H1
- 2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute (93-Y 7-N)
passage - 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 7-N)
- 2020-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108346D-H1
- 2020-03-04 Enrolled
- 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB747ER)
- 2020-03-05 Signed by President
- 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
- 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
- 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1102 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92b33b18-f82a-43f3-925c-583135078624. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).