VirginiaGeoengineering; prohibited, civil penalties.
What it does
Geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties. Prohibits any person from engaging in geoengineering, defined in the bill as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any person who violates such prohibition shall be subject to civil penalties authorized by relevant law.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 18Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesLatest
- Feb 4Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (9-Y 1-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Assigned HACNR sub: Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 22Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 22Presented and ordered printed 26100368DIntroduced