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SB 811 Chemical storage in the Commonwealth; protection of human health and the environment.
Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Evaluate the safe storage of chemicals. Directs the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality, the State Health Commissioner, and the State Coordinator of Emergency Management to evaluate various existing laws and regulations to ensure that chemical storage is conducted in a manner that protects human health and the environment. The bill provides guidance regarding the areas that are to be evaluated by the three agency heads. The bill has an expiration date of January 1, 2017.
FULL TEXT
- 01/02/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102939D pdf
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104084D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB811ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/17/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/02/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15102939D
- 01/02/15 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/29/15 Senate: Committee substitute printed 15104084D-S1
- 01/29/15 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/02/15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/15 Senate: Read second time
- 02/03/15 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/03/15 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 15104084D-S1
- 02/03/15 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB811S1
- 02/04/15 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/15 Senate: Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/15 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/09/15 House: Read first time
- 02/09/15 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/11/15 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/15 House: Read second time
- 02/13/15 House: Read third time
- 02/13/15 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/15 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/15 Senate: Enrolled
- 02/17/15 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB811ER)
- 02/17/15 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/15 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/23/15 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/23/15
- 02/23/15 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, March 29, 2015
- 03/17/15 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 241 (effective 7/1/15)
- 03/17/15 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0241)