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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 HB 831. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 248 Virginia SB 248 (2022)
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Virginia SB 248 (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 HB 831.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0538 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 22105061D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103305D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB248ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103305D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB248)
  • 2022-01-25 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-01-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-01-25 Committee substitute printed 22105061D-S1 substitution
  • 2022-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (SB248S1)
  • 2022-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-01-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-01-28 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2022-01-28 Committee substitute agreed to 22105061D-S1
  • 2022-01-28 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB248S1
  • 2022-01-31 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-21 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-25 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-28 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-02-28 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2022-02-28 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-02 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-02 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-03 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB248ER)
  • 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
  • 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
  • 2022-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e835e9bd-3c02-4a60-b480-de669860889f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).