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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 (i) identify environmental justice and fenceline communities within the jurisdiction of the local planning commission; (ii) identify objectives and policies to (a) reduce health risks, (b) promote civic engagement, and (c) prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of environmental justice and fenceline communities, as those terms are defined in the bill; and (iii) establish baseline environmental and health conditions to characterize any disproportionate public health conditions in the identified fenceline communities.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 13, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
Conference Report released
House Conferees: Simonds, Clark, Kent
Conferees appointed by House
Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Senate Conferees: Bagby, Aird, Stanley
Conferees appointed by Senate
House insisted on substitute
House requested conference committee
House substitute rejected by Senate
Read third time
Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Committee substitute printed 26107960D-H1
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (15-Y 6-N)
House committee offered
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote)
Local Government Amendments agreed to
Read first time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 5-N 1-A)
Referred to Committee on Local Government
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100586D
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Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)