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HB 1502STATE · VirginiaIntroduced

Standby generators; DEQ shall conduct a study of generators used by by commercial facilities, etc.

Voted 7/21/2026View source

Summary

Department of Environmental Quality; standby generators study; report. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a one-year study of all standby generators used by a commercial facility with an air permit in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the study to (i) identify commercial facilities with an air permit that use standby generators, (ii) identify the type of pollutants emitted from such standby generators, and (iii) analyze and describe the amount of pollutants from such standby generators. The Department is required to report its findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by July 1, 2027.

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Action history

  1. 7/21/2026Continued from last session
  2. 3/4/2026Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  3. 2/24/2026Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
  4. 2/19/2026Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1502)
  5. 2/18/2026Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  6. 2/18/2026Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  7. 2/17/2026Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A)
  8. 2/16/2026Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  9. 2/16/2026committee substitute agreed to
  10. 2/16/2026Read second time