VirginiaSodium Chloride; alternatives to use to treat and pretreat roadways for winter weather, report.
What it does
Study; Virginia Department of Transportation; alternatives to use of Sodium Chloride to treat and pretreat roadways for winter weather; report. Directs the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) to conduct a study on safe and environmentally sensitive alternatives to using Sodium Chloride, or rock salt, to treat and pretreat roadways for winter weather. Such study shall measure the impact of current treatment and pretreatment substances on infrastructure and the environment and their corrosive effects on personal property and compare such impacts with those of potential alternatives, including nonchemical substances and new technologies.
More detail
VDOT is directed to submit a report to the chairs of the House and Senate Committees on Transportation by November 15, 2026, on its findings and include in such report an accounting of the annual spending by the state and local governments since 2020 on treating and pretreating activities and the amounts budgeted for 2026-2028.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Mar 6Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)Latest
- Mar 2Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
- Mar 1Assigned HRUL sub: Studies SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 13Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Feb 13Read first timeMinor
- Feb 13Placed on Calendar
- Feb 10Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 10Rules suspended
- Feb 10Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 10Read second timeMinor
- Feb 9Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 9Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Feb 9Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 9Rules suspended
- Feb 6Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Rules. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB482)
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on RulesMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103807DIntroduced