Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 23, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 921 (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
Mamie E. LockeJennifer D. Carroll Foy
Recorded votes
Passed House (64-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 64, N 35
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 15, N 7
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 40
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Senate · 2026-02-04 · P · Y 10, N 5
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)Senate · 2026-01-27 · P · Y 8, N 6, 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.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 921.