VirginiaComprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.
What it does
Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy. Requires cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting an environmental justice strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy shall be to identify environmental justice and fenceline communities within the jurisdiction of the local planning commission and identify objectives and policies to reduce health risks, to promote civic engagement, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of environmental justice and fenceline communities, as those terms are defined by the bill.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Apr 2Senate sustained Governor's vetoLatest
- Apr 2Passed by for the day
- Mar 24Vetoed by Governor Glenn YoungkinMajor
- Feb 20Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025To Governor
- Feb 20Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025Minor
- Feb 20Signed by PresidentMajor
- Feb 17Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Feb 17Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1254ER)Major
- Feb 17EnrolledMinor
- Feb 12Passed House (50-Y 47-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Passed House (50-Y 47-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 12Read third timeMinor
- Feb 11Read second timeMinor
- Feb 7Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 6Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 4Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2Minor
- Feb 4Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and TownsMinor
- Feb 4Read first timeMinor
- Feb 4Placed on Calendar
- Jan 23Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 21Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Rules suspended
- Jan 21Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- Jan 20Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Local GovernmentMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103447DIntroduced