SB 248 Virginia Senate · 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 HB 831.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2022

Committee Review

Feb 2022

Senate Passage

Jan 2022

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2022

Signed into Law

Apr 2022

Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022

Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 28, 2022

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Jan 31, 2022

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 11, 2022

Signed into law

Approved by Governor-Chapter 538 (effective 7/1/22)

executive

Feb 28, 2022

Lower · Passed

Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)

lower

Feb 23, 2022

Lower · Passed

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

lower

Feb 21, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

lower

Jan 31, 2022

Upper · Passed

Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 28, 2022

Upper · Passed

Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB248S1

upper

Jan 28, 2022

Upper · Passed

Committee substitute agreed to 22105061D-S1

upper

Jan 25, 2022

Upper · Passed

Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)

upper

Jan 25, 2022

Upper · Passed

Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered

upper

Jan 11, 2022

Committee

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

upper

Jan 11, 2022

Introduced

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103305D

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors