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2021 SESSION
HB 1855 Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.
Introduced by: Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. Renames the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy as the Department of Energy. Within the Department, the bill renames the Division of Mined Land Reclamation as the Division of Mined Land Repurposing and renames the Division of Energy as the Division of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.
The bill makes substantive changes, removing the requirement that the Chief of the Division of Mines be appointed by the Governor and authorizing an employee other than the Virginia Gas and Oil Inspector to serve as the principal executive of the staff of the Virginia Gas and Oil Board. The bill also provides that the Chief Clean Energy Policy Advisor shall be appointed by the Governor. The bill removes or updates outdated language.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102112D pdf | impact statement
- 01/18/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102112D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102112D
- 01/07/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/13/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (18-Y 4-N)
- 01/15/21 House: Read first time
- 01/18/21 House: Read second time
- 01/18/21 House: Amendment by Delegate Sullivan agreed to
- 01/18/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1855E
- 01/18/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102112D-E
- 01/19/21 House: Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N)
- 01/19/21 House: VOTE: Passage (69-Y 30-N)
- 01/20/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/20/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)