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type: "Bill"
title: "Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations."
description: "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 e\u001ax\u001ae\u001am\u001ap\u001ats proprietary information collected by the Department\u001a \u001af\u001ar\u001ao\u001am\u001a \u001at\u001ah\u001ae\u001a \u001am\u001aa\u001an\u001ad\u001aa\u001at\u001ao\u001ar\u001ay\u001a \u001ad\u001ai\u001as\u001ac\u001al\u001ao\u001as\u001au\u001ar\u001ae\u001a \u001ar\u001ae\u001aq\u001au\u001ai\u001ar\u001ae\u001am\u001ae\u001an\u001at\u001as\u001a \u001ao\u001af\u001a \u001at\u001ah\u001ae\u001a \u001aV\u001ai\u001ar\u001ag\u001ai\u001an\u001ai\u001aa\u001a \u001aF\u001ar\u001ae\u001ae\u001ad\u001ao\u001am\u001a \u001ao\u001af\u001a \u001aI\u001an\u001af\u001ao\u001ar\u001am\u001aa\u001at\u001ai\u001ao\u001an\u001a \u001aA\u001ac\u001at\u001a."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1282"
citation: "Virginia SB 1282 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joseph D. Morrissey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80533761-16e3-4d01-85c1-7a39db7cc544"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1282"
source_hash: "44b49e28f2cc3d00ad78f5d2e4f98bbaf031dcfeae197d851311691dce4574dd"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0098)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103680D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1282S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101991D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1282)
4. **SB1282ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1282ER)
## Votes
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **00** (fail) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N) — **2216** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 8-N) — **138** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 6-N) — **96** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **62** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) — **114** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 44-N) — **5544** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80533761-16e3-4d01-85c1-7a39db7cc544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).