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| Bill | Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets. | Permit requirements for data centers; emission limits for certain engine-generator sets. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing an air permit for any application submitted for a data center on or after July 1, 2026, unless the emission limit for each engine-generator, defined in the bill, established by such permit is equal to or less than the emissions achieved by a Tier 4 equivalent engine-generator. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 507 | Virginia HB 507 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 507 (2026) — Data centers; permit requirements, emission limits for certain engine-generator sets.
Permit requirements for data centers; emission limits for certain engine-generator sets. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing an air permit for any application submitted for a data center on or after July 1, 2026, unless the emission limit for each engine-generator, defined in the bill, established by such permit is equal to or less than the emissions achieved by a Tier 4 equivalent engine-generator.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 60–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 25–15 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- John Chilton McAuliff — primary (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104969D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB507)
- 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
substitution - 2026-02-11 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107698D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB507)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-03-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-06 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB507ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB507)
- 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 397 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0397)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/539e103a-2922-4234-a279-6ed5881c3164. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).