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2020 SESSION
HB 1642 Coal ash ponds; definitions, well monitoring program, wells near ponds.
Introduced by: Hala S. Ayala | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Coal ash ponds; well monitoring program; well testing. Requires each utility, defined in the bill as the owner or operator of a coal ash pond in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, to commission an independent well water test on behalf of the owner of any private well or public water supply well located within 1.5 miles of such coal ash pond by January 1, 2021, and requires such test to be conducted once per year during each of the five years following the approval of the closure of the coal ash pond and once every five years thereafter. The bill provides that if any test exceeds any U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Maximum Contaminant Level for drinking water, the utility shall provide water treatment or alternative water supplies, potentially including a connection to a city or county water utility, to the owner of the well.
FULL TEXT
- 01/16/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104491D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107354D-H1 pdf
- 02/07/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20107354D-EH1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108948D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/06/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1642ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0845) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/16/20 House: Presented and ordered printed 20104491D
- 01/16/20 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/20/20 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/31/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107354D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Read second time
- 02/07/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20107354D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Amendment by Delegate Ayala agreed to
- 02/07/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB1642EH1
- 02/07/20 House: Printed as engrossed 20107354D-EH1
- 02/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House (75-Y 23-N)
- 02/10/20 House: VOTE: Passage (75-Y 23-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/25/20 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/25/20 Senate: Committee substitute printed 20108948D-S1
- 02/27/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Read third time
- 02/28/20 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/28/20 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 20108948D-S1
- 02/28/20 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/20 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1642S1
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (31-Y 8-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (32-Y 7-N)
- 03/03/20 House: Placed on Calendar
- 03/03/20 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108948D-S1 (77-Y 21-N)
- 03/03/20 House: VOTE: Adoption (77-Y 21-N)
- 03/06/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/06/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1642ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 845 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0845)