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| Bill | Environmental Quality, Department of; definition of environmental justice. | Department of Environmental Quality; environmentaljustice. Provides that one of the purposes of the Departmentof Environmental Quality is to further environmental justice, asdefined in the bill. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2020 | HB 1162 | Virginia HB 1162 (2020) |
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Virginia HB 1162 (2020) — Environmental Quality, Department of; definition of environmental justice.
Department of Environmental Quality; environmentaljustice. Provides that one of the purposes of the Departmentof Environmental Quality is to further environmental justice, asdefined in the bill.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454) (committee substitute) — source
- Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1162ER) (committee substitute) — source
- Impact statement from DPB (HB1162) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (8-Y 6-N) — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — 5–3 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N) — 52–43 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101702D
introduction - 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB1162)
- 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2020-02-21 Passed by for the day
- 2020-02-24 Read third time
reading-3 - 2020-02-24 Reading of amendment waived
- 2020-02-24 Committee amendment agreed to
- 2020-02-24 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2020-02-24 Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N)
passage - 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
- 2020-02-26 Senate amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 43-N)
- 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N)
- 2020-03-03 Enrolled
- 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1162ER)
- 2020-03-03 Signed by Speaker
- 2020-03-04 Signed by President
- 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/20)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ff45ef2-bbed-4a3e-95b5-c0a7648f18a4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).