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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use."
description: "Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1121"
citation: "Virginia SB 1121 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a3e14ce-1b28-4c3b-9d72-5d9accac2f79"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1121"
source_hash: "215e8b5e855d403ed1b0c3e6d609b059ec04441420ce05c9f00173c571ffa9ab"
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 SB 1121 (2023) — Coal mine methane; options to encourage capture & beneficial use.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0496** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0496)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105203D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1121S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100964D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1121)
4. **SB1121ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1121ER)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 15-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (20-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hackworth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100964D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Impact statement from SCC (SB1121)
- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105203D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 23105203D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1121S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Energy (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Passed House (83-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1121ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1121ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 496 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0496)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a3e14ce-1b28-4c3b-9d72-5d9accac2f79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).