Virginia House Bill 969 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2022 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-04 - Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy. Requires cities with populations greater than 20,000 and counties with populations greater than 100,000 to consider, 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 objectives and policies to reduce health risks, to promote civic engagement, and to prioritize improvements and programs that address the needs of the environmental justice and fenceline communities.

Comprehensive plan; adoption of an environmental justice strategy.

Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

2022-02-04 - House - House: Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-02-04	House	Stricken from docket by Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N)
2022-01-31	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
2022-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2022-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102311D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2223.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB969
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB969+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H07V0062+HB0969