HB 831 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion.

Summary

Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements. This bill is identical to SB 248.

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 12, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022

Floor votes · Senate Mar 4, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 8, 2022

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Mar 4, 2022

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

18 Yea 1

94% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Committee

Apr 11, 2022

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 539 (effective 7/1/22)

executive

Mar 4, 2022

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)

upper

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

Lower · Passed

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB831H1

lower

Feb 7, 2022

Lower · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 22105301D-H1

lower

Feb 2, 2022

Lower · Passed

Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)

lower

Jan 26, 2022

Lower · Passed

House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered

lower

Jan 24, 2022

Committee

Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture

lower

Jan 12, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

lower

Jan 12, 2022

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100962D

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors