Environmental Justice in Permitting Process Guidance Memo; DEQ to publish an updated version.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to direct the Department of Environmental Quality to publish an updated version of the Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process Guidance Memo to consider how to assess the cumulative impacts of certain permits.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Department of Environmental Quality; Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process Guidance Memo; cumulative impacts. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to publish an updated version of the Environmental Justice in the Permitting Process Guidance Memo for public comment. The bill requires the updated memo to consider how to assess the cumulative impacts of the types of permits covered in the guidance memo and outreach strategies to engage communities impacted by any such permit. T
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 14, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 461 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Kathy K.L. TranRae Cousins
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (65-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 65, N 34
Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 22, N 18
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (9-Y 5-N 1-A)Senate · 2026-03-03 · P · Y 9, N 5, A 1
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 63, N 34, X 3
Reported from Appropriations (16-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 16, N 6
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 5, N 2
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 15, N 7
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 3-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 7, N 3
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 461.