SB 425 VA

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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, beginning July 1, 2026, 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, to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of environmental justice and fenceline communities, as those terms are defined in the bill, and to establish baseline environmental and health conditions to characterize any disproportionate public health conditions in the identified fenceline communities. This bill is identical to HB 256.

• Lamont Bagby Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100586D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
3. Jan 26, 2026 Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 5-N 1-A) · upper
4. Jan 27, 2026 Read first time · upper
5. Jan 27, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
6. Jan 27, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Jan 27, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
8. Jan 27, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
9. Jan 28, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Jan 28, 2026 Local Government Amendments agreed to · upper
11. Jan 28, 2026 Local Government Amendments agreed to · upper
12. Jan 28, 2026 Engrossed by Senate as amended (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Jan 29, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 4, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 4, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
17. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (15-Y 6-N) · lower
18. Feb 13, 2026 House committee offered · lower
19. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107960D-H1 · lower
20. Feb 15, 2026 Read second time · lower
21. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time · lower
22. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
23. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
24. Feb 16, 2026 Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A) · lower
25. Feb 18, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate · upper
26. Feb 19, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
27. Feb 19, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
28. Feb 23, 2026 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Feb 23, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
30. Feb 23, 2026 Senate Conferees: Bagby, Aird, Stanley · upper
31. Feb 24, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
32. Feb 24, 2026 House Conferees: Simonds, Clark, Kent · lower
33. Mar 12, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
34. Mar 12, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A) · lower
35. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
37. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB425ER) · upper
38. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
39. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
40. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
41. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
42. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 582 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
43. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0582) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Local Government Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML