VirginiaVirginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited.
What it does
Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing a Virginia Water Protection Permit for a surface water withdrawal if more than five percent of the nonconsumptive volume of such withdrawal will be returned to a different major river basin, as defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to any lawful withdrawal in existence on July 1, 2025.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 5Left in Finance and AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 30Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923)
- Jan 28Committee substitute printed 25106156D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 28Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923)
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101113DIntroduced