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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.
Introduced
Jan 8, 2025
Last Action
Apr 2, 2025
Session
VA 2025
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Senate sustained Governor's veto
Passed by for the day
Vetoed by Governor
Signed by President
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1254ER)
Signed by Speaker
Enrolled
Read third time
Passed House (50-Y 47-N)
Read second time
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Read first time
Placed on Calendar
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
Read second time and engrossed
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Passed by for the day
Rules suspended
Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N)
Referred to Committee on Local Government
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103447D
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Senate sustained Governor's veto