Virginia House Bill 1188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Natural gas pipelines; contingency plan; operation; discharge; penalty. Requires the operator of any natural gas pipeline of a certain size, prior to operation, to commission an independent test of the quality of ground water for each property in the right-of-way and to file a gas discharge contingency plan that is approved by the State Water Control Board (the Board). The bill authorizes the Board to adopt regulations requiring testing and inspection of the pipeline and annual retesting of ground water at properties in the right-of-way and a demonstration of financial responsibility by the operator. The bill prohibits the discharge of gas, establishes penalties for those discharging or causing or permitting a discharge or a substantial threat of such discharge, and establishes legal liability and defenses. The bill requires any person discharging gas immediately to report it to the Board and to local authorities but allows a discharge of up to 25 standard cubic feet of gas to be reported to the Board through normal recordkeeping. The bill requires recordkeeping by the pipeline operator, authorizes the Board to collect administrative fees, and provides for enforcement and civil and criminal penalties.

Natural gas pipelines; contingency plan, discharges, penalty.

Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Del. Debra Rodman [D]

2018-02-06 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N) (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely (4-Y 2-N)
2018-02-05	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #4
2018-02-01	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-02-01	House	Referred from Rules by voice vote
2018-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2018-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104753D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
62	1	44.34:29	(n/a)	See Bill Text
62	1	44.34:40	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1188
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB1188+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0104V0001+HB1188