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type: "Bill"
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title: "Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal."
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description: "Department of Environmental Quality; reviewand authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows anyperson aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of EnvironmentalQuality and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit toconstruct or operate a small renewable energy project under proceduresadopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such actionin accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. The bill requires the court to hearand decide such action as soon as practicable after the date of filing.The bill provides that a party in interest to such action will havethe right to appeal to the Supreme Court."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 122"
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citation: "Virginia HB 122 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard C. \"Rip\" Sullivan, Jr."]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2024-01-01"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b4cf0f4-3f0d-4b8e-99e7-57ed5c37fadd"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB122"
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source_hash: "6b54bdbeb76bfb7dbda5c4dc5ebecf767b3a9856b242571d3c3504a611a165c6"
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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 122 (2024) — Environmental Quality, Department of; judicial review, authorization of projects, hearing & appeal.
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Department of Environmental Quality; reviewand authorization of projects; hearing and appeal. Allows anyperson aggrieved by the final decision of the Department of EnvironmentalQuality and who has participated in a proceeding for a permit toconstruct or operate a small renewable energy project under proceduresadopted by the Department to seek judicial review of such actionin accordance with the Administrative Process Act in the Circuit Court of the City of Richmond. The bill requires the court to hearand decide such action as soon as practicable after the date of filing.The bill provides that a party in interest to such action will havethe right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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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. **CHAP0717** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0717)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24107131D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB122H1)
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3. **HB122ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB122ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102605D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB122)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 25-N) — **74–25** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) — **73–24** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (7-Y 4-N) — **7–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 16-N) — **22–16** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Charniele L. Herring — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102605D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-15** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB122)
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- **2024-01-24** Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24107131D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB122H1)
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- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24107131D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB122H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-27** Rereferred to Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-28** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (7-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-03-04** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 16-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-05** Senate amendment agreed to by House (75-Y 25-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (75-Y 25-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB122ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB122ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 717 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0717)
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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/4b4cf0f4-3f0d-4b8e-99e7-57ed5c37fadd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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