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2024 SESSION

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HB 333 Environmental Justice, Virginia Council on; meetings and staffing, appointment of members.

Introduced by: Michael J. Jones | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Virginia Council on Environmental Justice; meetings and staffing; appointment of members. Allows the members of the Virginia Council on Environmental Justice to travel throughout the Commonwealth to view and record conditions related to human health and the environment within and in close proximity to environmental justice communities. The bill prohibits the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources from delegating any requested staff support for the Council to any agency, regardless of whether such agency is an agency for which the Secretary is responsible to the Governor. The bill further directs any vacancy in the membership of the Council that is in existence on the date the bill's provisions take effect, other than a vacancy occurring by the expiration of a term, to be filled for the unexpired term no later than August 31, 2024.

FULL TEXT

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103786D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107250D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB333ER)  pdf | impact statement

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate amendments
• Senate amendments engrossed
• Governor's veto explanation

HISTORY

• 01/05/24  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103786D
• 01/05/24  House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
• 01/26/24  House: Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (3-Y 2-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (10-Y 9-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107250D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Read first time
• 02/09/24  House: Read second time
• 02/09/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107250D-H1
• 02/09/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB333H1
• 02/12/24  House: Read third time and passed House (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/12/24  House: VOTE: Passage (51-Y 49-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/21/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 6-N)
• 02/21/24  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/28/24  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
• 02/29/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/01/24  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 03/04/24  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 03/04/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (20-Y 19-N)
• 03/05/24  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (51-Y 48-N)
• 03/05/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 48-N)
• 03/25/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB333ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Vetoed by Governor
• 04/17/24  House: House sustained Governor's veto