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type: "Bill"
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title: "Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy."
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description: "Virginia Environmental Justice Act. Establishesthe Virginia Environmental Justice Act to promote the fair treatmentand meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,national origin, income, faith, or disability with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental lawsand policies. Under the bill, state agencies are required to examineany new regulation or policy or amendment to an existing regulationor policy involving state action or funds in relation to its impact on environmental justice prior to adoption of the regulation or policy.The bill requires the Governor's Secretaries to develop a policyor strategy to promote environmental justice in ways that are tailoredto the specific authority, mission, and programs under their Secretariat no later than January 1, 2021."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "SB 406"
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citation: "Virginia SB 406 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-22"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d5dca91-6d26-44de-af04-13184eae7f35"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB406"
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source_hash: "b05d77d415ae38fa2dede227cf098a234b3a7e80c846f239527af043eca2240f"
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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 406 (2020) — Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.
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Virginia Environmental Justice Act. Establishesthe Virginia Environmental Justice Act to promote the fair treatmentand meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,national origin, income, faith, or disability with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental lawsand policies. Under the bill, state agencies are required to examineany new regulation or policy or amendment to an existing regulationor policy involving state action or funds in relation to its impact on environmental justice prior to adoption of the regulation or policy.The bill requires the Governor's Secretaries to develop a policyor strategy to promote environmental justice in ways that are tailoredto the specific authority, mission, and programs under their Secretariat no later than January 1, 2021.
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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. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1257)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1257)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB406ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB406ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB406S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB406S1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB406)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB406)
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5. **Impact statement from DPB (SB406H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB406H1)
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6. **Reenrolled bill text (SB406ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB406ER2)
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## Votes
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A) — **12–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N) — **53–43** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — **12–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: (49-Y 43-N) — **48–43** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
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- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103457D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (SB406)
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- **2020-01-29** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 1-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-29** Committee substitute printed 20107107D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 20107107D-S1
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- **2020-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB406S1
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- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from DPB (SB406S1)
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from General Laws with substitute (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-18** Committee substitute printed 20108618D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-21** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB406H1)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 20108618D-H1
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- **2020-02-21** Amendment by Delegate Keam agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB406H1
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- **2020-02-21** Passed House with substitute with amendment (54-Y 43-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-02-25** House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
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- **2020-02-25** Title replaced 20108618D-H1
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB406ER)
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-08** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
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- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (22-Y 18-N)
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- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (49-Y 43-N)
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- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
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- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (SB406ER2)
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- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
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- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1257 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`
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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/3d5dca91-6d26-44de-af04-13184eae7f35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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