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type: "Bill"
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title: "Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders."
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description: "Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities related to construction of any natural gas transmission pipeline equal to or greater than 24 inches inside diameter. Current law authorizes such inspections only if such inside diameter is greater than 36 inches. The bill also specifies certain instances that may give rise to such inspection and authorizes the Department to issue a stop work order for every work area in Virginia in the event that substantial adverse impacts or likely adverse impacts are found on a repeated, frequent, and widespread basis."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1265"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1265 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-01-11"
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last_action: "2021-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7310e8a5-488f-4676-9cc5-31fdd7951762"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1265"
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source_hash: "9e8b6ce0351b2103879ee564badc6b51152e04482437079eb168f7690379e4fd"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 1265 (2021) — Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders.
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Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities related to construction of any natural gas transmission pipeline equal to or greater than 24 inches inside diameter. Current law authorizes such inspections only if such inside diameter is greater than 36 inches. The bill also specifies certain instances that may give rise to such inspection and authorizes the Department to issue a stop work order for every work area in Virginia in the event that substantial adverse impacts or likely adverse impacts are found on a repeated, frequent, and widespread basis.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0277** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0277)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21103789D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1265S1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101609D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1265)
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4. **SB1265ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1265ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N) — **60–39** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 7-N) — **14–7** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
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- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
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- David R. Suetterlein — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101609D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1265)
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- **2021-02-04** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute printed 21103789D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2021-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 21103789D-S1
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- **2021-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1265S1
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- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-05** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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- **2021-02-09** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB1265S1)
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- **2021-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
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- **2021-02-17** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-22** Passed House (61-Y 39-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 39-N)
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- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB1265ER)
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- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
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- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7310e8a5-488f-4676-9cc5-31fdd7951762`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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