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HB 1266 — Environmental Justice in Permitting Process Guidance Memo; DEQ to publish an updated version.

VA 20261 session

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 two public town halls 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.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (2)
Action timeline (58)
  1. · house · H4020 —
  2. · house · H0101 —
  3. · house · H0112 —
  4. · house · H8120 —
  5. · house · H0118 —
  6. · house · H0108 —
  7. · house · H8500 —
  8. · house · H4640 —
  9. · house · H0212 —
  10. · house · H0216 —
  11. · house · H0205 —
  12. · house · H4110 —
  13. · house · H8123 —
  14. · house · H4120 —
  15. · house · H4410 —
  16. · house · H4232 —
  17. · house · H4604 —
  18. · house · H4646 —
  19. · house · H5000 —
  20. · senate · S4140 —
  21. · senate · S0101 —
  22. · house · H4602 —
  23. · house · H4605 —
  24. · house · H4602 —
  25. · house · H8500 —
  26. · senate · S8122 —
  27. · senate · S0108 —
  28. · senate · S4640 —
  29. · senate · S4150 —
  30. · senate · S4145 —
  31. · senate · S4160 —
  32. · senate · S4150 —
  33. · senate · S4160 —
  34. · senate · S4160 —
  35. · senate · S4160 —
  36. · house · H8500 —
  37. · senate · S4130 —
  38. · senate · S4160 —
  39. · senate · S4130 —
  40. · senate · S4130 —
  41. · senate · S4130 —
  42. · senate · S4410 —
  43. · senate · S4601 —
  44. · senate · S5022 —
  45. · house · H5432 —
  46. · house · H5610 —
  47. · house · H5601 —
  48. · senate · S5620 —
  49. · house · H7010 —
  50. · G7010 —
  51. · house · H7010 —
  52. · G7010 —
  53. · house · H5620 —
  54. · house · H7010 —
  55. · G7010 —
  56. · house · H8500 —
  57. · G7050 —
  58. · G9998 —
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Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#MemberRoleSpeechesVotedScore
1Kathy K.L. Tran (D, state_lower VA)sponsor0—5
2Rae Cousins (D, state_lower VA)cosponsor0—1
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Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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