republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-581.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Environmental Quality, Department of; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits.	Department of Environmental Quality; data; groundwaterand surface water withdrawal permits. Authorizes the Departmentof Environmental Quality to utilize and incorporate comprehensivegroundwater, surface water, and aquifer data in its decision-makingprocesses related to the issuance and renewal of groundwater withdrawalpermits and surface water withdrawal permits. Such data may includeinformation relating to water levels, flow rates, and water quality.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 581	Virginia SB 581 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	4	34	8	2024-01-10	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/a09c4155-c976-4f41-a851-af68dec2850f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB581	841ef51faa7bd53cb938337158ee2785e5cc2d8b62f375315b0c6900eff7a976	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 581 (2024) — Environmental Quality, Department of; groundwater and surface water withdrawal permits.

Department of Environmental Quality; data; groundwaterand surface water withdrawal permits. Authorizes the Departmentof Environmental Quality to utilize and incorporate comprehensivegroundwater, surface water, and aquifer data in its decision-makingprocesses related to the issuance and renewal of groundwater withdrawalpermits and surface water withdrawal permits. Such data may includeinformation relating to water levels, flow rates, and water quality.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0251 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107628D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101596D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB581ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101596D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB581)
• 2024-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute printed 24107628D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 24107628D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB581S1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2024-02-23 Impact statement from DPB (SB581S1)
• 2024-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB581ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB581ER)
• 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
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a09c4155-c976-4f41-a851-af68dec2850f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).