republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1164.md

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Bill	Environmental Quality, Department of; policy statement.	Department of Environmental Quality; policy statement. Adds provisions for addressing climate change and for the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, faith, disability, or income with respect to the administration of environmental laws, regulations, and policies in the statement of the Department of Environmental Quality's purpose. The bill also adds the enhancement of the environment and the promotion of the health and well-being of the Commonwealth's residents and visitors to the Department's policy goals.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1164	Virginia HB 1164 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	4	34	7	2020-01-07	2020-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/e014064d-7e35-40a1-9b97-7959a474d4d7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1164	c742cbfd9af407e715cebeabd85e9db46e1bbdfa7d9faae926558cafa4a01d6b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1164 (2020) — Environmental Quality, Department of; policy statement.

Department of Environmental Quality; policy statement. Adds provisions for addressing climate change and for the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, faith, disability, or income with respect to the administration of environmental laws, regulations, and policies in the statement of the Department of Environmental Quality's purpose. The bill also adds the enhancement of the environment and the promotion of the health and well-being of the Commonwealth's residents and visitors to the Department's policy goals.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0492) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1164ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB1164E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1164) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (7-Y 6-N) — 7–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (17-Y 4-N) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (62-Y 36-N) — 61–36 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 43-N) — 53–43 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102923D 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 (HB1164)
• 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment (17-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House as amended HB1164E
• 2020-02-07 Printed as engrossed 20102923D-E
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (62-Y 36-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (62-Y 36-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 (7-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (HB1164E)
• 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 (23-Y 17-N) passage
• 2020-02-26 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-26 Senate amendment agreed to by House (54-Y 43-N)
• 2020-02-26 VOTE: Adoption (54-Y 43-N)
• 2020-03-03 Enrolled
• 2020-03-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1164ER)
• 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
• 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 492 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e014064d-7e35-40a1-9b97-7959a474d4d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).