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Introduced
01/08/2020
01/08/2020
In Committee
02/19/2020
02/19/2020
Crossed Over
02/24/2020
02/24/2020
Passed
03/04/2020
03/04/2020
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/25/2020
03/25/2020
Introduced Session
2020 Regular Session
Bill Summary
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.
AI Summary
This bill prohibits the granting of any lease, easement, or permit on the beds of the coastal waters of the Commonwealth that would allow infrastructure for conveying to shore oil or gas produced from offshore drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf Planning Area. The bill also removes policy statements supporting federal efforts to permit oil and gas development 50 miles or more off the Atlantic shoreline, but maintains support for examining the feasibility of offshore wind energy in an environmentally responsible fashion.
Committee Categories
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Sponsors (2)
Last Action
Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0452) (on 03/25/2020)
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