republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-883.md

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Bill	Environmental Justice, Virginia Council on; established.	Virginia Council on Environmental Justice; established. Establishes the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice, consisting of 24 members, to advise the Governor and provide recommendations intended to protect vulnerable communities from disproportionate impacts of pollution and provide such communities meaningful involvement in the decision-making process. The bill provides that 18 members of the Council are appointed by the Governor and six are specified Cabinet Secretaries. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2023.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 883	Virginia SB 883 (2020)	bill		enacted	Mamie E. Locke	6	44	9	2020-01-08	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/5e6869a4-6b48-467b-b046-095984fdd855	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB883	9b00bb7321c8e60bdb492911bc3677dddc2ad91eaa35f0994f2bfc86b4df1973	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 883 (2020) — Environmental Justice, Virginia Council on; established.

Virginia Council on Environmental Justice; established. Establishes the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice, consisting of 24 members, to advise the Governor and provide recommendations intended to protect vulnerable communities from disproportionate impacts of pollution and provide such communities meaningful involvement in the decision-making process. The bill provides that 18 members of the Council are appointed by the Governor and six are specified Cabinet Secretaries. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1274) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB883ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB883H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB883S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DPB (SB883) (committee substitute) — source
6. Reenrolled bill text (SB883ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: (48-Y 44-N) — 47–44 (pass) · lower
• House substitute agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) — 27–12 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N) — 53–45 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
• Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105198D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB883)
• 2020-01-22 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106392D-S1 substitution
• 2020-01-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106392D-S1
• 2020-01-27 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB883S1
• 2020-01-28 Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB883S1)
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Referred from Labor and Commerce
• 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-02-20 Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Committee substitute printed 20108847D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 20108847D-H1
• 2020-02-25 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB883H1
• 2020-02-25 Passed House with substitute (54-Y 45-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 45-N)
• 2020-02-27 House substitute agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
• 2020-02-27 Title replaced 20108847D-H1
• 2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (SB883H1)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB883ER)
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2020-04-22 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N)
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (48-Y 44-N)
• 2020-04-22 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Reenrolled bill text (SB883ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1274 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5e6869a4-6b48-467b-b046-095984fdd855. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).