republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1136.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; DEQ to publish, update annually."
description: "Department of Environmental Quality; VirginiaNonfederally Managed Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; notice of existenceof site; civil penalty. Directs the Department of EnvironmentalQuality (DEQ) to publish and update annually a Virginia NonfederallyManaged Hazardous Waste Site Inventory, consisting of a list of sitesof which DEQ is aware that meet certain criteria regarding the presence of hazardous wastes or other hazardous substances but are not listedon the federal National Priorities List. The bill authorizes DEQto identify by regulation other categories of waste site to add to the inventory. The bill requires an owner of an inactive nonfederallymanaged hazardous waste site, defined in the bill, to notify DEQof its existence. A violation of the notification requirement is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 per day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1136"
citation: "Virginia HB 1136 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5fded14a-6b8e-450e-982c-9a12cbad8935"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1136"
source_hash: "fa49800e8e8b7ce92d509c8a1003da8e434267466ae955687a6488a62e6240a1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1136 (2020) — Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; DEQ to publish, update annually.

Department of Environmental Quality; VirginiaNonfederally Managed Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; notice of existenceof site; civil penalty. Directs the Department of EnvironmentalQuality (DEQ) to publish and update annually a Virginia NonfederallyManaged Hazardous Waste Site Inventory, consisting of a list of sitesof which DEQ is aware that meet certain criteria regarding the presence of hazardous wastes or other hazardous substances but are not listedon the federal National Priorities List. The bill authorizes DEQto identify by regulation other categories of waste site to add to the inventory. The bill requires an owner of an inactive nonfederallymanaged hazardous waste site, defined in the bill, to notify DEQof its existence. A violation of the notification requirement is subject to a civil penalty of not more than $5,000 per day.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0491)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0491)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1136ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1136ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1136H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1136H1)
4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1136H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1136)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N) — **18–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N) — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N) — **72–25** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101647D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107120D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20107120D-H1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1136H1
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB1136H1)
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (73-Y 25-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (73-Y 25-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB1136ER)
- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 491 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5fded14a-6b8e-450e-982c-9a12cbad8935`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).