republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-187.md

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Bill	Nutrient credits; DEQ to accelerate release of credits generated by stream restoration project.	Accelerated stream nutrient credit release. Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to accelerate the release of nutrient credits generated by a stream restoration project based on (i) a determination that the level of risk is low, (ii) the provision of additional financial assurance, and (iii) the experience of the applicant. The provisions of the bill become effective 30 days after the Department of Environmental Quality issues guidance regarding its implementation.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 187	Virginia SB 187 (2022)	bill		enacted	Emmett W. Hanger, Jr.	4	35	8	2022-01-10	2022-04-11	openstates	ocd-bill/3312e62c-47f3-4774-bea9-3f94167e1d63	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB187	af0d7b8b1b3c56df02e34270772e18ef416e33fd6940c46019faf1fbddbe63b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 187 (2022) — Nutrient credits; DEQ to accelerate release of credits generated by stream restoration project.

Accelerated stream nutrient credit release. Allows the Department of Environmental Quality to accelerate the release of nutrient credits generated by a stream restoration project based on (i) a determination that the level of risk is low, (ii) the provision of additional financial assurance, and (iii) the experience of the applicant. The provisions of the bill become effective 30 days after the Department of Environmental Quality issues guidance regarding its implementation.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0526 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22106083D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101102D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB187ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101102D introduction
• 2022-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB187)
• 2022-02-08 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-08 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-08 Committee substitute printed 22106083D-S1 substitution
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-10 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 22106083D-S1
• 2022-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB187S1
• 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-10 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB187S1)
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-25 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2022-02-28 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-07 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-07 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2022-03-07 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2022-03-07 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-08 House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
• 2022-03-10 Enrolled
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB187ER)
• 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 526 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3312e62c-47f3-4774-bea9-3f94167e1d63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).