Virginia Senate Bill 1254

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Enrolled on February 17 2025 - 75% progression
Action: 2025-02-20 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [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]

2025-02-12 - House - Passed House (50-Y 47-N) (Y: 50 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2025-02-07 - House - Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N) (Y: 12 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-06 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - Senate - Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) (Y: 20 N: 19 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-01-21 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-20 - Senate - Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-02-20		Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
2025-02-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025
2025-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2025-02-17	House	Signed by Speaker
2025-02-17	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1254ER)
2025-02-17	Senate	Enrolled
2025-02-12	House	Passed House (50-Y 47-N)
2025-02-12	House	Read third time
2025-02-11	House	Read second time
2025-02-07	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (12-Y 9-N)
2025-02-06	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2025-02-04	House	Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
2025-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2025-02-04	House	Read first time
2025-02-04	House	Placed on Calendar
2025-01-23	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N)
2025-01-22	Senate	Read second time and engrossed
2025-01-21	Senate	Passed by for the day
2025-01-21	Senate	Rules suspended
2025-01-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2025-01-20	Senate	Reported from Local Government (8-Y 7-N)
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
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1254/text/SB1254ER
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1254/20251/S07V272
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1254/20251/SV87
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1254/20251/SV106
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1254/20251/H07002V2512295
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1254/20251/H07V2512408
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/SB1254/20251/2518695