republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-120.md

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Bill	Waste coal piles; Department of Energy to identify volume and number, use of coal ash.	Department of Energy; waste coal piles; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in cooperation with public institutions of higher education serving the coalfield region of the Commonwealth, to identify the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the area and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles, including potential use in electricity generation. The Department of Energy shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The bill also directs the Department of Energy, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Department of Transportation's Research Council, in cooperation with engineering schools of public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to convene a working group to evaluate opportunities for using coal ash for construction purposes for public infrastructure projects. The working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 120	Virginia SB 120 (2022)	bill		enacted	T. Travis Hackworth	6	52	10	2022-01-07	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/5f2576d9-03a9-426a-a121-ae2e9a0bd750	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB120	b618c79e838e18eb0a2aa2041581c4e6a568d266bb3fe81acd62eee7930650fc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 120 (2022) — Waste coal piles; Department of Energy to identify volume and number, use of coal ash.

Department of Energy; waste coal piles; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in cooperation with public institutions of higher education serving the coalfield region of the Commonwealth, to identify the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the area and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles, including potential use in electricity generation. The Department of Energy shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The bill also directs the Department of Energy, the Department of Environmental Quality, and the Department of Transportation's Research Council, in cooperation with engineering schools of public institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth, to convene a working group to evaluate opportunities for using coal ash for construction purposes for public infrastructure projects. The working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0711 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105032D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106476D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Committee substitute printed 22107302D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB120ER (committee substitute) — source
6. SB120ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• T. Travis Hackworth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100174D introduction
• 2022-01-07 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2022-01-17 Impact statement from SCC (SB120)
• 2022-01-21 Assigned C&L sub: Energy referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-07 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute printed 22105032D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-07 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22106476D-S2 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute rejected 22105032D-S1
• 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106476D-S2
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB120S2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB120S2)
• 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4 referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-03-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-03 Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Committee substitute printed 22107302D-H1 substitution
• 2022-03-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB120H1)
• 2022-03-08 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-08 Committee substitute agreed to 22107302D-H1
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB120H1
• 2022-03-08 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-09 House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-09 Title replaced 22107302D-H1
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB120ER)
• 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 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB120ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5f2576d9-03a9-426a-a121-ae2e9a0bd750. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).