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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2213 Gold; Secretary of Natural Resources, et al., to study mining and processing.
Introduced by: Elizabeth R. Guzman | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Work group; gold mining; report. Directs the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Health and Human Resources, and the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to establish a work group to study the mining of gold in the Commonwealth. The bill requires that the study be conducted in consultation with the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice and appropriate stakeholders, including experts in mining, hydrology, toxicology, and other fields; environmental organizations; representatives of potentially affected communities in localities with significant deposits of gold; and residents of Native American communities in such localities.
The bill provides that the work group shall evaluate the impacts of gold mining on public health, safety, and welfare; evaluate whether existing air and water quality regulations are sufficient to protect air and water quality from the mining and processing of gold; evaluate whether existing bonding, reclamation, closure, and long-term monitoring of sites for such mining or processing are sufficient; and report its findings to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022.
FULL TEXT
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102931D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104164D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2213ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/13/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102931D
- 01/13/21 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 01/22/21 House: Reported from Rules (13-Y 5-N)
- 01/25/21 House: Read first time
- 01/26/21 House: Motion to refer to committee agreed to
- 01/26/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/27/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 02/02/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104164D-H1
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104164D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2213H1
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Rules (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/21 Senate: Reported from Rules with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/16/21 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/16/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/16/21 Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (23-Y 16-N)
- 02/18/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/18/21 House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/18/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 43-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2213ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/30/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 423 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/30/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0423)