republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-831.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion.	Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements. This bill is identical to SB 248.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 831	Virginia HB 831 (2022)	bill		enacted	Tony O. Wilt	4	31	7	2022-01-12	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b8b7d256-a6bb-4fa1-a117-f29cac7adbe5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB831	9e8943c7e1e73d324d05e232219289c40ee26cd722ea64be287113a99631a0bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 831 (2022) — Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion.

Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements. This bill is identical to SB 248.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0539 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105301D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB831ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100962D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100962D introduction
• 2022-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB831)
• 2022-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
• 2022-02-02 Committee substitute printed 22105301D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB831H1)
• 2022-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22105301D-H1
• 2022-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB831H1
• 2022-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-08 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2022-02-08 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB831ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8b7d256-a6bb-4fa1-a117-f29cac7adbe5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).