Virginia Senate Bill 571 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2016 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2016-02-04 - Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 8-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; Commonwealth Resilience Fund established. Requires the Governor to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative that established a regional CO2 electric power sector cap and trade program and establishes the Commonwealth Resilience Fund, a revolving fund to serve as a consistent revenue stream to assist counties, cities, and towns with the implementation of adaptation efforts to combat sea level rise and recurrent flooding. The bill also provides economic development assistance for families, businesses, and localities in Southwest Virginia to offset negative economic impacts associated with reduced fossil fuel production.

Commonwealth Resilience Fund; established.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]

2016-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 8-N) (Y: 7 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-04	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 8-N)
2016-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2016-01-13	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16103863D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB571
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB571+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S01V0042+SB0571