Virginia Senate Bill 1254

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-08 - Referred to Committee on Local Government
Pending: Senate Local Government Committee
Hearing: Jan 20 @ 8:30 am in Senate Room B, Room 306, General Assembly Building
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [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 environmental justice and fenceline communities, as those terms are defined by the bill.

Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy.

Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2025-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103447D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1254
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1254/text/SB1254