HB 969 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Comprehensive plan; adoption of an environmental justice strategy.

Summary
Comprehensive plan; environmental justice strategy. Requires cities with populations greater than 20,000 and countieswith populations greater than 100,000 to consider, at the next andall subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan, adopting an environmentaljustice strategy. The bill provides that the locality's strategyshall be to identify environmental justice and fenceline communities within the jurisdiction of the local planning commission and identifyobjectives and policies to reduce health risks, to promote civicengagement, and to prioritize improvements and programs that addressthe needs of the environmental justice and fenceline communities.
Bill status in committee 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Jan 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 12, 2022 Last action Feb 4, 2022
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2022

How they voted

22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Feb 4, 2022
D Democratic10
10 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican12
12 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Feb 4, 2022
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (22-0)
house of delegates
Jan 31, 2022
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 12, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102311D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Shelly Simonds
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
VA
70