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| Bill | Va. Water Protection Permit; withdrawal of surface water or ground water, plans for water auditing. | Virginia Water Protection Permit; withdrawalof surface water or ground water; plans for water auditing and leakdetection and repair. Requires that any application for a permitto withdraw surface water or ground water include a water auditingplan and a leak detection and repair plan that comply with regulationsadopted by the State Water Control Board pursuant to the provisionsof the bill. The provisions of the bill shall not become effectiveuntil 30 days after the adoption by the Board of such regulations. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1291 | Virginia SB 1291 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1291 (2021) — Va. Water Protection Permit; withdrawal of surface water or ground water, plans for water auditing.
Virginia Water Protection Permit; withdrawalof surface water or ground water; plans for water auditing and leakdetection and repair. Requires that any application for a permitto withdraw surface water or ground water include a water auditingplan and a leak detection and repair plan that comply with regulationsadopted by the State Water Control Board pursuant to the provisionsof the bill. The provisions of the bill shall not become effectiveuntil 30 days after the adoption by the Board of such regulations.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0100 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101997D (committee substitute) — source
- Printed as engrossed 21101997D-E (committee substitute) — source
- SB1291ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 55–44 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101997D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1291)
- 2021-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-19 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-22 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-01-22 Reading of amendments waived
- 2021-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2021-01-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1291E
- 2021-01-22 Printed as engrossed 21101997D-E
- 2021-01-25 Passed by for the day
- 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1291E)
- 2021-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-02 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 2021-02-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- 2021-02-17 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-19 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-22 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-22 Passed House (56-Y 44-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1291ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 100 (effective 7/1/21-see bill)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6ddddae9-e147-4922-af47-8249ac759bde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).