republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-397.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.	Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Air Pollution Control Board to establish and maintain a market-based trading program consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program, as defined in existing law, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generating units in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 802.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 397	Virginia HB 397 (2026)	bill		enacted	Charniele L. Herring	4	30	6	2026-01-12	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/0d39028a-20ee-47b7-899d-ea828be5af9f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB397	c73df857eddeab1d7b6c03f74b24fd5c005dd9d7b7e868831e2767c659f0e76f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 397 (2026) — Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.

Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Air Pollution Control Board to establish and maintain a market-based trading program consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program, as defined in existing law, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generating units in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 802.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 63–35 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 8–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
• David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Margaret A. Franklin — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104232D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
• 2026-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-28 Committee substitute printed 26105867D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB397)
• 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-02 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB397ER) passage
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB397)
• 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-05 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 920 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d39028a-20ee-47b7-899d-ea828be5af9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).