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Bill Mines and Mining and Virginia Energy Plan; revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. Revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. Creates proposed Title 45.2 (Mines, Minerals, and Energy) as a revision of existing Title 45.1 (Mines and Mining) and existing Title 67 (Virginia Energy Plan). Proposed Title 45.2 consists of 21 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (Administration), Subtitle II (Coal Mining), Subtitle III (Mineral Mines), Subtitle IV (Gas and Oil), and Subtitle V (Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy). The bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to the administration of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, underground and surface coal mining, underground and surface mineral mines, the Virginia Gas and Oil Act, energy from wind, solar, geothermal, and nuclear sources, and energy policy. The bill moves the remaining provisions of Title 67 that are not appropriate for inclusion in proposed Title 45.2 into other existing titles of the Code. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2021, and is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1453 Virginia SB 1453 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1453 (2021) — Mines and Mining and Virginia Energy Plan; revision of Titles 45.1 and 67.

Revision of Titles 45.1 and 67. Creates proposed Title 45.2 (Mines, Minerals, and Energy) as a revision of existing Title 45.1 (Mines and Mining) and existing Title 67 (Virginia Energy Plan). Proposed Title 45.2 consists of 21 chapters divided into five subtitles: Subtitle I (Administration), Subtitle II (Coal Mining), Subtitle III (Mineral Mines), Subtitle IV (Gas and Oil), and Subtitle V (Other Sources of Energy; Energy Policy). The bill organizes the laws in a more logical manner, removes obsolete and duplicative provisions, and improves the structure and clarity of statutes pertaining to the administration of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, underground and surface coal mining, underground and surface mineral mines, the Virginia Gas and Oil Act, energy from wind, solar, geothermal, and nuclear sources, and energy policy. The bill moves the remaining provisions of Title 67 that are not appropriate for inclusion in proposed Title 45.2 into other existing titles of the Code. The bill has a delayed effective date of October 1, 2021, and is a recommendation of the Virginia Code Commission.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0387 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Presented and ordered printed 21101563D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 21101563D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1453ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • John S. Edwards — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 21101563D introduction
  • 2021-01-19 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2021-01-26 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-01-29 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2021-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-01 Engrossment reconsidered by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-01 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2021-02-01 Amendments by Senator Edwards agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2021-02-01 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1453E
  • 2021-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-01 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-01 Printed as engrossed 21101563D-E
  • 2021-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-05 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
  • 2021-02-10 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB1453E)
  • 2021-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-15 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-15 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2021-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-19 Enrolled
  • 2021-02-19 Impact statement from DPB (SB1453ER)
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by President
  • 2021-02-22 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-02-24 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
  • 2021-02-24 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 387 (effective 10/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8064a38-69d9-4ee8-860d-b6c72125be3b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).