Virginia House Bill 607

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2026 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2026-01-27 - Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Department of Environmental Quality; study of aggregate air pollution; data center generators; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a three-year study to research and model a variety of scenarios regarding aggregate air pollution in areas with a large volume of data centers and provide recommendations for future handling of minor air permits for data center generators and the need for increased air quality monitoring in the Commonwealth. The Department is directed to report its findings and any recommendations to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources by October 1, 2029.

Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.

Del. Amy Laufer [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-01-27	House	Continued to next session in Rules (Voice Vote)
2026-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2026-01-22	House	Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee
2026-01-13	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2026-01-13	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102759D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB607
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB607/text/HB607