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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.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • H VOTE: — 6435 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 157 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 105 (pass) · upper
  • Passage R — 2119 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 86 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (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).