Virginia House Bill 706 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on March 25 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Offshore oil and gas drilling; prohibition on leases; policy. Prohibits the granting of a lease, easement, or permit on the beds of the coastal waters of the Commonwealth that would allow any infrastructure for conveying to shore oil or gas produced from offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area and removes any oil or gas lease granted on such beds from the mandate that such lease include a royalty payment requirement. The bill removes policy statements supporting federal efforts to permit oil and gas development 50 miles or more off the Atlantic shoreline.

Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.

Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Nancy Guy [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]

2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 37-N) (Y: 60 N: 37 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N) (Y: 23 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (9-Y 6-N) (Y: 9 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N) (Y: 64 N: 34 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-25		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0451)
2020-03-25		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 451 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB706ER)
2020-03-02	House	Enrolled
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Adoption (60-Y 37-N)
2020-02-26	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (60-Y 37-N)
2020-02-26	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-24	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-24	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-24	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-24	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2020-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (9-Y 6-N)
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-04	House	VOTE: Passage (64-Y 34-N)
2020-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N)
2020-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB706H1
2020-02-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107040D-H1
2020-02-03	House	Read second time
2020-01-31	House	Read first time
2020-01-29	House	Committee substitute printed 20107040D-H1
2020-01-29	House	Incorporates HB1016 (Guy)
2020-01-29	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
2020-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103786D

HB1016 (Similar To) 2020-01-29 - Incorporated by Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
SB795 (Same As) 2020-03-25 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
28	2	1208	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB706
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB706+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB706H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB706ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0451+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0102V0006+HB0706
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0059+HB0706
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0352+HB0706
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0102+HB0706
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0771HB0706+HB0706
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0896HB0706+HB0706
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1448+HB0706