Virginia House Bill 2292 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-05 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Fossil fuel projects moratorium. Establishes a moratorium, effective January 1, 2022, on any approval by any state agency or political subdivision required for (i) electric generating facilities that generate fossil fuel energy through the combustion or use of a fossil fuel resource; (ii) import or export terminals for fossil fuel resources; (iii) modification of an import or export terminal for a fossil fuel resource; (iv) gathering lines or pipelines for the transport of any fossil fuel resource that requires the use of public land or eminent domain on private property; (v) modification of such gathering lines or pipelines; (vi) refineries of a fossil fuel resource; (vii) any facilities that change the physical state of fossil fuels for the purposes of transporting such fuel; and (vii) exploration for any type of fossil fuel, unless preempted by applicable federal law. The measure requires the establishment of job training programs and energy worker protections, transitional assistance for workers in the fossil fuel industry and affected communities, and environmental justice protections.

Fossil fuel projects; establishes a moratorium, effective January 1, 2022, etc.

Del. Joshua Cole [D]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]
Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-05	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2021-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2021-01-15	House	Presented and ordered printed 21102583D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	1	401	(n/a)	See Bill Text
45	1	404	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB2292
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB2292+hil