Waste coal piles; Department of Energy to identify volume and number, use of coal ash. (SB120)

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Progress

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

Description

Department of Energy; waste coal piles; report. Directs the Department of Energy, in cooperation with public institutions of higher education serving the coalfield region of the Commonwealth, to identify the approximate volume and number of waste coal piles present in the area and options for cleaning up such waste coal piles, including potential use in electricity generation. The Department of Energy shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. The bill also directs the Department of Environmental Quality to convene a working group to evaluate opportunities for the development of public infrastructure projects at current or proposed sites for the storage of coal ash in the Commonwealth. The working group shall report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. This bill is identical to HB 657. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

Date	Action
01/07/2022	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100174D
01/07/2022	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/17/2022	Impact statement from SCC (SB120)
01/21/2022	Assigned C&L sub: Energy
01/31/2022	Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
02/07/2022	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/07/2022	Committee substitute printed 22105032D-S1
02/07/2022	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
02/10/2022	Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/10/2022	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/10/2022	Committee substitute printed 22106476D-S2
02/11/2022	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2022	Read second time
02/14/2022	Committee substitute rejected 22105032D-S1
02/14/2022	Reading of substitute waived
02/14/2022	Committee substitute agreed to 22106476D-S2
02/14/2022	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB120S2
02/15/2022	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB120S2)
02/18/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB120S2)
02/21/2022	Placed on Calendar
02/21/2022	Read first time
02/21/2022	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
02/28/2022	Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4
03/01/2022	House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
03/01/2022	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
03/03/2022	Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/03/2022	Committee substitute printed 22107302D-H1
03/07/2022	Read second time
03/07/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB120H1)
03/08/2022	Read third time
03/08/2022	Committee substitute agreed to 22107302D-H1
03/08/2022	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB120H1
03/08/2022	Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
03/08/2022	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/09/2022	House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/09/2022	Title replaced 22107302D-H1
03/11/2022	Enrolled
03/11/2022	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB120ER)
03/11/2022	Signed by President
03/11/2022	Signed by Speaker
03/15/2022	Impact statement from DPB (SB120ER)
03/22/2022	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
03/22/2022	G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
04/11/2022	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
04/27/2022	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/27/2022	House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
04/27/2022	VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
04/27/2022	G Governor's recommendation adopted
04/27/2022	Reenrolled
04/27/2022	Reenrolled bill text (SB120ER2)
04/27/2022	Signed by President as reenrolled
04/27/2022	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/27/2022	Enacted, Chapter 711 (effective 7/1/22)
04/27/2022	G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0711)