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Bill

Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.

Virginia Environmental Justice Act. Establishesthe Virginia Environmental Justice Act to promote the fair treatmentand meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,national origin, income, faith, or disability with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental lawsand policies. Under the bill, state agencies are required to examineany new regulation or policy or amendment to an existing regulationor policy involving state action or funds in relation to its impact on environmental justice prior to adoption of the regulation or policy.The bill requires the Governor's Secretaries to develop a policyor strategy to promote environmental justice in ways that are tailoredto the specific authority, mission, and programs under their Secretariat no later than January 1, 2021.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 406

Virginia SB 406 (2020)

bill

enacted

Ghazala F. Hashmi

2020-01-07

2020-04-22

openstates

ocd-bill/3d5dca91-6d26-44de-af04-13184eae7f35

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB406

b05d77d415ae38fa2dede227cf098a234b3a7e80c846f239527af043eca2240f

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

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us-va

Virginia SB 406 (2020) — Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1257) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB406ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB406S1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB406) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB406H1) (committee substitute) — source
Reenrolled bill text (SB406ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N) — 53–43 (pass) · lower
House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — 25–15 (pass) · upper
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: (49-Y 43-N) — 48–43 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103457D introduction
2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB406)
2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A) committee-passage
2020-01-29 Committee substitute printed 20107107D-S1 substitution
2020-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 20107107D-S1
2020-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB406S1
2020-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
2020-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB406S1)
2020-02-18 Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-18 Committee substitute printed 20108618D-H1 substitution
2020-02-20 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-21 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-21 Impact statement from DPB (SB406H1)
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Committee substitute agreed to 20108618D-H1
2020-02-21 Amendment by Delegate Keam agreed to amendment-passage
2020-02-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB406H1
2020-02-21 Passed House with substitute with amendment (54-Y 43-N) passage
2020-02-21 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N)
2020-02-25 House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2020-02-25 Title replaced 20108618D-H1
2020-03-02 Enrolled
2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03 Signed by President
2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB406ER)
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
2020-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 43-N)
2020-04-22 VOTE: (49-Y 43-N)
2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22 Reenrolled
2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB406ER2)
2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1257 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3d5dca91-6d26-44de-af04-13184eae7f35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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