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Department of Environmental Quality; Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process Guidance Memo; cumulative impacts. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to publish an updated version of the Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process Guidance Memo for public comment. The bill requires the updated memo to consider how to assess the cumulative impacts of the types of permits covered in the guidance memo and outreach strategies to engage communities impacted by any such permit. The bill requires the public comment period process to include a public town hall held no later than July 31, 2026, and requires the Department to respond to the public comments by October 31, 2026. The Department is required to issue the final guidance memo by December 31, 2026.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 11, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1266)
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Committee substitute printed 26109125D-S1
Senate committee offered
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1266)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
Delegate Tran Floor amendments agreed to
Engrossed bill reprinted 26107166D
Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
Floor offered Delegate Tran Amendments
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Committee substitute printed 26107166D-H1
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1266)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103003D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N 0-A)
Kathy K.L. Tran