Environmental Quality, Department of; definition of environmental justice. (HB1162)
Introduced By
Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington) with support from co-patrons Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), and Sen. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Ashburn)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Department of Environmental Quality; environmental justice. Provides that one of the purposes of the Department of Environmental Quality is to further environmental justice, as defined in the bill. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
Date | Action |
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01/07/2020 | Committee |
01/07/2020 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101702D |
01/07/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/14/2020 | Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources |
01/23/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1162) |
01/29/2020 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) |
02/05/2020 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/06/2020 | Read first time |
02/07/2020 | Read second time and engrossed |
02/10/2020 | Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) |
02/10/2020 | VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
02/11/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
02/18/2020 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/21/2020 | Passed by for the day |
02/24/2020 | Read third time |
02/24/2020 | Reading of amendment waived |
02/24/2020 | Committee amendment agreed to |
02/24/2020 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/24/2020 | Passed Senate with amendment (21-Y 19-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
02/26/2020 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (53-Y 43-N) |
02/26/2020 | VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 43-N) (see vote tally) |
03/03/2020 | Enrolled |
03/03/2020 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1162ER) |
03/03/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1162ER) |
03/03/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
03/04/2020 | Signed by President |
03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
03/25/2020 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 454 (effective 7/1/20) |
03/25/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0454) |
Comments
New and vague
There is hereby created a Department of Environmental Quality