Virginia House Bill 28 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 18 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Fossil fuel projects moratorium; transitioning energy workers; environmental justice protections. Establishes a moratorium, effective January 1, 2025, on any approval by any state agency or political subdivision required for (i) electric generating facilities that generate fossil fuel energy through the combustion or use of a fossil fuel resource, (ii) import or export terminals for fossil fuel resources, (iii) modification of an import or export terminal for a fossil fuel resource, (iv) gathering lines or pipelines for the transport of any fossil fuel resource that requires the use of public land or eminent domain on private property, (v) modification of such gathering lines or pipelines, (vi) refineries of a fossil fuel resource, (vii) facilities that change the physical state of fossil fuels for the purposes of transporting such fuels, and (viii) exploration for any type of fossil fuel, unless preempted by applicable federal law. The measure requires the establishment of job training programs and energy worker protections, transitional assistance for workers in the fossil fuel industry and affected communities, and environmental justice protections.

Fossil fuel projects moratorium; transitioning energy workers, environmental justice protections.

Del. Michael Jones [D]

2024-01-29 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Rules
2024-01-29	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 0-N)
2024-01-25	House	Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee
2023-12-18	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2023-12-18	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103930D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	2	403	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	2	406	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB28
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB28+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB28F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H2001V0017+HB0028