Legislation

Title: Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications
Sponsored by: Delegates Boyce, Addison, Allen, Foley, Healey, Lehman, J. Long, Love, and Stein
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Requiring the Department of the Environment to perform a certain environmental justice evaluation of certain environmental permit applications under certain circumstances; authorizing the Department to take certain actions on certain environmental permit applications based on certain findings to address environmental concerns; requiring the Department to maintain a publicly accessible website, part of a website, or application that identifies pending permit applications with specific census tracts; etc.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media; Economic Matters

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0096

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0840 Session: 2023 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2024

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 10/03/2023 Legislative Date 10/03/2023 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/10/2024 Legislative Date 1/10/2024 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/18/2024 Legislative Date 1/18/2024 Action Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2024 Legislative Date 1/23/2024 Action Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation) Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/23/2024 Legislative Date 1/23/2024 Action Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation) Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Economic Matters Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/16/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/07/2024 Action Favorable with Amendments {293828/1 Adopted Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/16/2024 Legislative Date 3/07/2024 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 46 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/18/2024 Legislative Date 3/10/2024 Action Third Reading Passed (102-37) Proceedings 49 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/18/2024 Legislative Date 3/06/2024 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Proceedings 51 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	10/03/2023	10/03/2023	Pre-filed
House	1/10/2024	1/10/2024	First Reading Environment and Transportation and Economic Matters
			Text - First - Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions
House	1/18/2024	1/18/2024	Hearing 2/14 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
House	1/23/2024	1/23/2024	Hearing canceled (Environment and Transportation)
House	1/23/2024	1/23/2024	Hearing 2/21 at 1:00 p.m. (Environment and Transportation)
			Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation	Click to view Recorded Media
			Vote - House - Committee - Economic Matters	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/16/2024	3/16/2024	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
House	3/16/2024	3/07/2024	Favorable with Amendments {293828/1 Adopted	46 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/16/2024	3/07/2024	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	46 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Department of the Environment - Environmental Justice Evaluation of Environmental Permit Applications
House	3/18/2024	3/10/2024	Third Reading Passed (102-37)	49 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/18/2024	3/06/2024	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment	51 Click to view Recorded Media

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