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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 802"
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citation: "Virginia SB 802 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea803917-1346-45b4-b5dd-d808e55830cc"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB802"
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source_hash: "9343a732e41d426fc19328072b5f4dfd3434840c9502f213de01315dfe5929d7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 802 (2026) — Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1096136.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191402.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **64–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **15–7** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **8–6** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
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- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26106046D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB802)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB802ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB802)
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 921 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea803917-1346-45b4-b5dd-d808e55830cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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