2022 GA Special Session I
View list of bills and resolutions from the 2022 special session of the General Assembly that may be of interest to the VIMS community.
The General Assembly (GA) special session convened on 4 April 2022. Natural resources related bills and resolutions that may be of interest to VIMS are listed and summarized below. Full bill summaries and bill text are available in the Legislative Information System (LIS), which includes a searchable database. If there are other pertinent bills of interest that we may have missed, let us know and we'll add them to the list.
Updated 9 May 2022
House Bills (HB)House Joint Resolutions (HJ)Senate Bills (SB)Senate Joint Resolutions (SJ)House and Senate District Maps
Note: Click the triangle to the left of the title to view summary information of the bill or resolution on this page. Click directly on the title to view full version of the bill or resolution in the Legislation Information System (LIS).
House Bills (HB)
HB 1261 State environmental boards; appointment of members to various Boards
Introduced by: Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. (R - HD 100). State environmental boards. Provides for appointment of members to the State Air Pollution Control Board, the Virginia Waste Management Board, and the State Water Control Board by the Governor, the Senate Committee on Rules, and the Speaker of the House of Delegates. Currently, all members of such boards are appointed by the Governor. The bill provides that the authority of such boards does not include the authority to issue any environmental permit, or abridge or deny any environmental permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality. 01/20/22 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Passed House and Senate |
House Joint Resolutions (HJ)
There are currently no joint resolutions of relevance in the House of Delegates. |
Senate Bills (SB)
There are currently no bills of relevance in the State Senate. |
Senate Joint Resolutions (SJ)
There are currently no joint resolutions of relevance in the State Senate. |
House and Senate District Maps
Bills require a primary sponsor in the form of a representative or senator representing a particular district. Oftentimes indivual legislators support similar pieces of legislation based on consituent interests. Understanding what district each bill sponsor represents can therefore help in understanding public interests across Virginia.
Click here to access Virginia's current House of Delegates interactive district map.
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