Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-2223.6, relating to comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy. Requires cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, beginning July 1, 2026, at the next and all subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting an environmental justice strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategy shall be to identify environmental justice and fenceline communities within the jurisdiction of the local planning commission and identify object
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 582 (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
Lamont BagbyLashrecse D. Aird
Recorded votes
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-13 · P · Y 21, N 18, X 1
Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-12 · P · Y 63, N 34, X 2
Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-23 · P · Y 38, X 2
House substitute rejected by Senate Senate · 2026-02-18 · F · N 38, X 1
Passed House with substitute (63-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 63, N 35, X 2
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (15-Y 6-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 15, X 1, N 6
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-01-29 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 5-N 1-A)Senate · 2026-01-26 · P · Y 8, A 1, N 5, X 1
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.
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