republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1466.md

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Bill	Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion.	Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion. Provides that, for laws relating to mineral mines, the definition of mining shall not be construed to limit a one-time construction or expansion of a farm pond for agricultural irrigation or provision of water for livestock to beneficially reuse the soil or sand, provided that such pond construction or expansion project (i) is a one-time activity on that parcel of land, (ii) is completed within six months, (iii) results in a pond that is less than three acres in total, and (iv) has all necessary permits and local approvals in place before such activity begins.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1466	Virginia HB 1466 (2024)	bill		enacted	Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.	4	30	6	2024-01-19	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/5733faa6-c8c0-41c0-b6f8-49f8a57d532f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1466	54e08e411dc8bbd30f1a67babc450bac261ebee8f2c1c81822d6d7298b431f49	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1466 (2024) — Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion.

Mineral mines; farm pond construction or expansion. Provides that, for laws relating to mineral mines, the definition of mining shall not be construed to limit a one-time construction or expansion of a farm pond for agricultural irrigation or provision of water for livestock to beneficially reuse the soil or sand, provided that such pond construction or expansion project (i) is a one-time activity on that parcel of land, (ii) is completed within six months, (iii) results in a pond that is less than three acres in total, and (iv) has all necessary permits and local approvals in place before such activity begins.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0224 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107342D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB1466ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24104193D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24104193D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-26 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1466)
• 2024-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107342D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1466H1)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107342D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1466H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-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 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1466ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1466ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 224 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0224)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5733faa6-c8c0-41c0-b6f8-49f8a57d532f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).