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2022 SESSION

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HB 1261 State environmental boards; appointment of members to various Boards.

Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

State environmental boards. Provides for appointment of members to the State Air Pollution Control Board, the Virginia Waste Management Board, and the State Water Control Board by the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Currently, all members of such boards are appointed by the Governor. The bill provides that the authority of such boards does not include the authority to issue any environmental permit or to abridge or deny any environmental permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality.

FULL TEXT

• 01/20/22  House: Presented and ordered printed 22104337D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/14/22  House: Printed as engrossed 22104337D-E  pdf | impact statement
• 02/22/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106841D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/01/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22107283D-S2  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• House amendments adopted

HISTORY

• 01/20/22  House: Presented and ordered printed 22104337D
• 01/20/22  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 01/31/22  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
• 02/02/22  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 2-N)
• 02/09/22  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N)
• 02/11/22  House: Read first time
• 02/14/22  House: Read second time
• 02/14/22  House: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/14/22  House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1261E
• 02/14/22  House: Printed as engrossed 22104337D-E
• 02/15/22  House: Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N)
• 02/15/22  House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N)
• 02/16/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/16/22  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 02/22/22  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 2-N)
• 02/22/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22106841D-S1
• 02/24/22  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/22  Senate: Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
• 02/25/22  Senate: Recommitted to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 03/01/22  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 2-N)
• 03/01/22  Senate: Committee substitute printed 22107283D-S2
• 03/03/22  Senate: Read third time
• 03/03/22  Senate: Committee substitute rejected 22106841D-S1
• 03/03/22  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 03/03/22  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 22107283D-S2
• 03/03/22  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1261S2
• 03/03/22  Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (29-Y 10-N)
• 03/07/22  House: Senate substitute rejected by House 22107283D-S2 (0-Y 96-N)
• 03/07/22  House: VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 96-N)
• 03/08/22  Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/08/22  Senate: Senate requested conference committee
• 03/09/22  House: House acceded to request
• 03/09/22  House: Conferees appointed by House
• 03/09/22  House: Delegates: Bloxom, Webert, Keam
• 03/10/22  Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
• 03/10/22  Senate: Senators: Lewis, Mason, Suetterlein
• 03/12/22  House: Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455