Clean Water Act; cooling water intakes at power plants.
Summary
Department of Environmental Quality; enforcementof regulations; Clean Water Act; cooling water intakes at power plants.Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to promptly enforcefederal regulations implementing a provision of the federal CleanWater Act for cooling water intakes at power plants to reduce negativeimpacts on fish populations in the waters of the Commonwealth.
Bill status
in committee
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Jan 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Jan 24, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Jan 24, 2024
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Jan 24, 2024
D
Democratic12
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
8
Key actions
3
Committee
4
Jan 24, 2024
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025
lower
Jan 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 19, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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