Offshore energy resources; production & development permitted 50 miles off Atlantic shoreline. (HB787)

Introduced By

Del. Ron Villanueva (R-Virginia Beach) with support from 41 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:

Those copatrons are Del. Dickie Bell (R-Staunton), Del. Rob Bell (R-Charlottesville), Del. Bill Cleaveland (R-Roanoke), Del. Ben Cline (R-Amherst), Del. Mark Cole (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Barbara Comstock (R-McLean), Del. John A. Cox (R-Ashland), Del. Anne Crockett-Stark (R-Wytheville), Del. James Edmunds (R-South Boston), Del. Scott Garrett (R-Lynchburg), Del. Tom Gear (R-Hampton), Del. Todd Gilbert (R-Woodstock), Del. Tag Greason (R-Potomac Falls), Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg), Del. Tim Hugo (R-Centreville), Del. Sal Iaquinto (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Riley Ingram (R-Hopewell), Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City), Del. Barry Knight (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Steve Landes (R-Weyers Cave), Del. Matt Lohr (R-Harrisonburg), Del. Bob Marshall (R-Manassas), Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville), Del. Jimmie Massie (R-Richmond), Del. Don Merricks (R-Danville), Del. Will Morefield (R-North Tazewell), Del. Sam Nixon (R-Richmond), Del. Dave Nutter (R-Christiansburg), Del. Bobby Orrock (R-Thornburg), Del. John O'Bannon (R-Richmond), Del. Chris Peace (R-Mechanicsville), Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg), Del. Bob Purkey (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Ed Scott (R-Culpeper), Del. Chris Stolle (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Bob Tata (R-Virginia Beach), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Del. Tommy Wright (R-Victoria), Sen. Bill Carrico (R-Grayson), Sen. John Cosgrove (R-Chesapeake), Sen. Frank Wagner (R-Virginia Beach)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Offshore energy resources.  States that it shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to support oil and natural gas exploration, development, and production 50 miles or more off Virginia's coast. Currently, the policy is limited to supporting exploration for natural gas resources 50 miles or more offshore. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/12/2010Committee
01/12/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10102366D
01/12/2010Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/28/2010Reported from Commerce and Labor (16-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/01/2010Read first time
02/02/2010Read second time
02/02/2010Amendment #1 by Delegate Armstrong rejected (33-Y 63-N)
02/02/2010VOTE: --- REJECTED (33-Y 63-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2010Amendment #2 by Delegate Armstrong agreed to
02/02/2010Engrossed by House as amended HB787E
02/02/2010Printed as engrossed 10102366D-E
02/03/2010Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N)
02/03/2010VOTE: --- PASSAGE (69-Y 28-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2010Constitutional reading dispensed
02/04/2010Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/08/2010Impact statement from DPB (HB787E)
02/22/2010Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2010Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/25/2010Read third time
02/25/2010Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2010Enrolled
03/03/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB787ER)
03/03/2010Signed by Speaker
03/04/2010Impact statement from DPB (HB787ER)
03/06/2010Signed by President
04/13/2010G Approved by Governor-Chapter 756 (effective 7/1/10)
04/13/2010G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 7 clips in all, totaling 14 minutes.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB394.