State waters; unlawful discharge of deleterious substance into waters. (HB977)
Introduced By
Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington) with support from co-patron Del. Luke Torian (D-Woodbridge)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✗ |
Passed House |
☐ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Discharge of deleterious substance into state waters; notice. Requires any person who unlawfully discharges any deleterious substance into state waters to notify the State Water Control Board (the Board), the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department), or the coordinator of emergency services of the affected locality within 12 hours. Current law allows such a person 24 hours to give notice. The bill also requires that written notice follow to the Board, in addition to the Department, and specifies that the required report of potentially detrimental discharges by the Board or the Department to local newspapers, television stations, and radio stations be provided to such media outlets as soon as practicable after receiving it. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/12/2016 | Committee |
| 01/12/2016 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102493D |
| 01/12/2016 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/25/2016 | Assigned to sub: Chesapeake |
| 01/25/2016 | Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake |
| 01/28/2016 | Impact statement from DPB (HB977) |
| 02/04/2016 | Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (4-Y 1-N) |
| 02/10/2016 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 8-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/11/2016 | Read first time |
| 02/12/2016 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/15/2016 | Read second time |
| 02/15/2016 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/15/2016 | Engrossment refused by House (37-Y 56-N) |
| 02/15/2016 | VOTE: ENGROSSMENT REFUSED (37-Y 56-N) (see vote tally) |
Video
This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 40 seconds.