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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund Advisory Board; increases membership, duties."
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description: "Increases from five to seven the number of members on the Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund Advisory Board (the Board). The bill increases from three to four the number of representatives of the coal industry, removes the current member of the public without any coal industry interests, and adds two representatives of conservation interests. The bill also authorizes the Board to serve as the advisory body required by the Interstate Mining Compact (§ 45.1-271) to advise the Governor, Virginia's representative on the Interstate Mining Commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 812"
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citation: "Virginia HB 812 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Commissions", "Boards and Institutions Generally", "Mines and Mining"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Israel D. O'Quinn"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 17
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/49f46031-158c-421e-9305-b9b95e232b7a"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB812"
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source_hash: "b9d14e2bf75f5e673619421864282445c4a9f4cecceb0df3661b36ec46a16786"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 812 (2018) — Virginia Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund Advisory Board; increases membership, duties.
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Increases from five to seven the number of members on the Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Fund Advisory Board (the Board). The bill increases from three to four the number of representatives of the coal industry, removes the current member of the public without any coal industry interests, and adds two representatives of conservation interests. The bill also authorizes the Board to serve as the advisory body required by the Interstate Mining Compact (§ 45.1-271) to advise the Governor, Virginia's representative on the Interstate Mining Commission.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB812ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB812ER)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105824D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB812H1)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101702D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB812)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101702D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-23** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 18105824D-H1
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- **2018-02-05** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB812H1
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- **2018-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 67 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/49f46031-158c-421e-9305-b9b95e232b7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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