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Bill

Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.

Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Renames the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as the Department of Energy. Within the Department, the bill renames the Division of Mined Land Reclamation as the Division of Mined Land Repurposing and renames the Division of Energy as the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency. The bill makes substantive changes, removing the requirement that the Chief of the Division of Mines be appointed by the Governor and authorizing an employee other than the Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector to serve as the principal executive of the staff of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board. The bill also provides that the Chief Clean Energy Policy Advisor shall be appointed by the Governor. The bill removes or updates outdated language.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2021

HB 1855

Virginia HB 1855 (2021)

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enacted

Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.

2021-01-07

2021-04-07

openstates

ocd-bill/efb789da-7576-46b9-bb90-78e857138a9d

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1855

cf7ed970398e3b713e96848d90356d5c0af2349d79962af755f42c65f05db956

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

bill

us-va

Virginia HB 1855 (2021) — Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.

Version chain

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

CHAP0532 (committee substitute) — source
HB1855ER (committee substitute) — source
HB1855ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102112D (committee substitute) — source
Printed as engrossed 21102112D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 35-N) — 63–35 (pass) · lower
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — 35–3 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) — 36–3 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N) — 68–30 (pass) · lower
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (25-Y 15-N) — 25–14 (pass) · upper
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2021-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102112D introduction
2021-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
2021-01-13 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
2021-01-14 Impact statement from DPB (HB1855)
2021-01-15 Read first time reading-1
2021-01-18 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2021-01-18 Read second time reading-2
2021-01-18 Amendment by Delegate Sullivan agreed to amendment-passage
2021-01-18 Engrossed by House as amended HB1855E
2021-01-18 Printed as engrossed 21102112D-E
2021-01-19 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) passage, reading-3
2021-01-19 VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N)
2021-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB1855E)
2021-01-20 Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-20 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2021-02-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
2021-02-25 Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) passage
2021-02-25 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-25 Passed Senate (36-Y 3-N) passage
2021-03-09 Enrolled
2021-03-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB1855ER)
2021-03-09 Signed by President
2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-25 Governor's recommendation received by House
2021-03-31 Governor's recommendation received by House
2021-04-07 Placed on Calendar
2021-04-07 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 35-N)
2021-04-07 VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 35-N)
2021-04-07 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (25-Y 15-N)
2021-04-07 Governor's recommendation adopted
2021-04-07 Reenrolled
2021-04-07 Reenrolled bill text (HB1855ER2)
2021-04-07 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2021-04-07 Signed by President as reenrolled
2021-04-07 Enacted, Chapter 532 (effective 10/1/21) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/efb789da-7576-46b9-bb90-78e857138a9d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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