republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1282.md

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Bill	Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations.	Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a statewide baseline and projection inventory of all greenhouse gas emissions and to update such inventory every four years. The bill requires that the inventory be published and included in the annual report of the State Air Pollution Control Board. The bill also authorizes the Board to adopt regulations necessary to collect data needed to conduct, update, and maintain the inventory. The bill exempts proprietary information collected by the Department from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1282	Virginia SB 1282 (2021)	bill		enacted	Joseph D. Morrissey	4	33	8	2021-01-11	2021-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/80533761-16e3-4d01-85c1-7a39db7cc544	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1282	44b49e28f2cc3d00ad78f5d2e4f98bbaf031dcfeae197d851311691dce4574dd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1282 (2021) — Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations.

Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a statewide baseline and projection inventory of all greenhouse gas emissions and to update such inventory every four years. The bill requires that the inventory be published and included in the annual report of the State Air Pollution Control Board. The bill also authorizes the Board to adopt regulations necessary to collect data needed to conduct, update, and maintain the inventory. The bill exempts proprietary information collected by the Department from the mandatory disclosure requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0098 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103680D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101991D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1282ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N) — 22–16 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) — 11–4 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — 55–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Joseph D. Morrissey — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101991D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-18 Impact statement from DPB (SB1282)
• 2021-01-26 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-26 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-26 Committee substitute printed 21103680D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-26 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB1282S1)
• 2021-02-03 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21103680D-S1
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1282S1
• 2021-02-05 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 2021-02-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-22 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-22 Passed House (56-Y 44-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N)
• 2021-02-24 Enrolled
• 2021-02-24 Signed by President
• 2021-02-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1282ER)
• 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-03-01 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
• 2021-03-01 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 98 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/80533761-16e3-4d01-85c1-7a39db7cc544. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).