Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders.
Summary
Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders. Authorizes the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct inspections of the land-disturbing activities related to construction of any natural gas transmission pipeline equal to or greater than 24 inches inside diameter. Current law authorizes such inspections only if such inside diameter is greater than 36 inches. The bill also specifies certain instances that may give rise to such inspection and authorizes the Department to issue a stop work order for every work area in Virginia in the event that substantial adverse impacts or likely adverse impacts are found on a repeated, frequent, and widespread basis.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 11, 2021
Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 22, 2021
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Feb 5, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
93% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
9
Committee
9
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 277 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed House (61-Y 39-N)
lower
Feb 17, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (14-Y 7-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 9, 2021
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Feb 7, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1265S1
upper
Feb 5, 2021
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21103789D-S1
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 11, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101609D
upper
1 primary · 4 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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