republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-580.md

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Bill	Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.	Department of Environmental Quality; review and authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows any person aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of Environmental Quality regarding the authorization of a project and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit to construct or operate a small renewable energy project under procedures adopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such action in accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond within 30 days of such decision. The bill requires the court to hear and decide such action as soon as practicable after the date of filing. This bill is identical to HB 122.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 580	Virginia SB 580 (2024)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	4	33	7	2024-01-10	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/4baf6a22-22c0-4150-965c-4c33406865a5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB580	453a861ec5cccf1043637489253b5b759e9ae835779ca62d8bcccc6291418695	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 580 (2024) — Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.

Department of Environmental Quality; review and authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows any person aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of Environmental Quality regarding the authorization of a project and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit to construct or operate a small renewable energy project under procedures adopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such action in accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond within 30 days of such decision. The bill requires the court to hear and decide such action as soon as practicable after the date of filing. This bill is identical to HB 122.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0774 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104995D (committee substitute) — source
3. Printed as engrossed 24104995D-E (committee substitute) — source
4. SB580ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (66-Y 30-N) — 65–30 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
• T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104995D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB580)
• 2024-01-30 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Rereferred to Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-12 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-12 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (10-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-02-13 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-13 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB580E
• 2024-02-13 Printed as engrossed 24104995D-E
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB580E)
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed House (66-Y 30-N) passage
• 2024-02-23 VOTE: Passage (66-Y 30-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB580ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB580ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 774 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0774)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4baf6a22-22c0-4150-965c-4c33406865a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).