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| 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 HB 397. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 802 | Virginia SB 802 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 802 (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 HB 397.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 64–35 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–5 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26106046D
introduction - 2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB802)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-06 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB802ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB802)
- 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 921 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ea803917-1346-45b4-b5dd-d808e55830cc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).