Loading
Loading
Your feedback directly shapes Sporos.
Sign in to track your feedback history
Permit requirements for data centers; emission limits for certain engine-generator sets. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing an air permit for any application submitted for a data center on or after July 1, 2026, unless the emission limit for each engine-generator, defined in the bill, established by such permit is equal to or less than the emissions achieved by a Tier 4 equivalent engine-generator.
Introduced
Jan 12, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (61-Y 34-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB507)
Read second time
committee substitute agreed to
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26107698D-H1
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB507)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104969D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A)
John Chilton McAuliff
Shelly A. Simonds
JJ Singh
Joshua E. Thomas