Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund; grant for wastewater conveyance facility, etc.
Summary
Authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to authorize grants from the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund (the Fund) for the installation of certain wastewater conveyance infrastructure. Any such infrastructure shall (i) divert wastewater from one publicly owned treatment works that is eligible for grant funding to another such eligible treatment works; (ii) divert wastewater to a receiving treatment works that is capable of achieving compliance with its nutrient reduction or ammonia control discharge requirements and that results in a net reduction in total phosphorus, total nitrogen, or nitrogen-containing ammonia discharges; and (iii) result in no more expense to the Fund than would otherwise be incurred to install eligible nutrient removal technology or other treatment technology at the treatment works from which the wastewater will be diverted.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 1, 2019
Signed Mar 18, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2019
How they voted
36–0
Passed
Total votes 36
Feb 18, 2019
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Mar 18, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 533 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 18, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (36-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1822E
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Jan 17, 2019
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 16, 2019
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 1, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 1, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103598D
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
David Bulova
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Cheryl B. Turpin
DDemocratic
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