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Bill Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy. Offshore oil and gas drilling; prohibition on leases; policy. Prohibits the granting of a lease, easement, or permit on the beds of the coastal waters of the Commonwealth that would allow any infrastructure for conveying to shore oil or gas produced from offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area and removes any oil or gas lease granted on such beds from the mandate that such lease include a royalty payment requirement. The bill removes policy statements supporting federal efforts to permit oil and gas development 50 miles or more off the Atlantic shoreline. This bill is identical to HB 706. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 795 Virginia SB 795 (2020)
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Virginia SB 795 (2020) — Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.

Offshore oil and gas drilling; prohibition on leases; policy. Prohibits the granting of a lease, easement, or permit on the beds of the coastal waters of the Commonwealth that would allow any infrastructure for conveying to shore oil or gas produced from offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area and removes any oil or gas lease granted on such beds from the mandate that such lease include a royalty payment requirement. The bill removes policy statements supporting federal efforts to permit oil and gas development 50 miles or more off the Atlantic shoreline. This bill is identical to HB 706.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB795ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB795H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB795S1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB795S1 (committee substitute) — source
  6. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB795ES1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) — 60–39 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
  • Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (11-Y 3-N) — 11–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
  • T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103660D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (11-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-21 Committee substitute printed 20106327D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-01-23 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106327D-S1
  • 2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB795S1
  • 2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB795S1)
  • 2020-01-28 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-01-29 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-01-29 Amendment by Senator Lewis agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-01-29 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB795ES1
  • 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) passage
  • 2020-01-29 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-29 Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2020-01-29 Printed as engrossed 20106327D-ES1
  • 2020-02-03 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB795ES1)
  • 2020-02-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-19 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108596D-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 20108596D-H1
  • 2020-02-24 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB795H1
  • 2020-02-24 Passed House with substitute (61-Y 39-N) passage
  • 2020-02-24 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
  • 2020-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB795H1)
  • 2020-02-26 House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N)
  • 2020-02-26 Title replaced 20108596D-H1
  • 2020-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB795ER)
  • 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
  • 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 452 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f901a8d2-97a9-4800-b4df-eafacf0b0919. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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