Comprehensive water supply; planning process.
Summary
Comprehensive water supply planning process. Directs the State Water Control Board to consider existing interjurisdictional arrangements in designating comprehensive water supply regional planning areas and to provide a mechanism for a locality to request, subject to approval by the Department of Environmental Quality, a change of its designated regional planning area to an adjoining planning area.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 20, 2022
Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 3, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2022
How they voted
32–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 33
Mar 3, 2022
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
10
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 331 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 4, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (32-0-1)
senate
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 9, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended HB1297E
lower
Feb 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 28, 2022
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 20, 2022
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 22104108D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Webert
RRepublican
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