republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-122.md

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Bill	Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.	Department of Environmental Quality; reviewand authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows anyperson aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of EnvironmentalQuality and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit toconstruct or operate a small renewable energy project under proceduresadopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such actionin accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. The bill requires the court to hearand decide such action as soon as practicable after the date of filing.The bill provides that a party in interest to such action will havethe right to appeal to the Supreme Court.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 122	Virginia HB 122 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	4	41	9	2024-01-01	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4b4cf0f4-3f0d-4b8e-99e7-57ed5c37fadd	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB122	6b54bdbeb76bfb7dbda5c4dc5ebecf767b3a9856b242571d3c3504a611a165c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 122 (2024) — Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.

Department of Environmental Quality; reviewand authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows anyperson aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of EnvironmentalQuality and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit toconstruct or operate a small renewable energy project under proceduresadopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such actionin accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. The bill requires the court to hearand decide such action as soon as practicable after the date of filing.The bill provides that a party in interest to such action will havethe right to appeal to the Supreme Court.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0717 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107131D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB122ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102605D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 25-N) — 74–25 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) — 73–24 (pass) · lower
• Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (7-Y 4-N) — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 16-N) — 22–16 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102605D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-01 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (HB122)
• 2024-01-24 Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107131D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB122H1)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107131D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB122H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Rereferred to Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (7-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 16-N) passage
• 2024-03-05 Senate amendment agreed to by House (75-Y 25-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 25-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB122ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB122ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4b4cf0f4-3f0d-4b8e-99e7-57ed5c37fadd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).