HB1502
Standby generators; DEQ shall conduct a study of generators used by by commercial facilities, etc.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
March 4, 2026
Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Chief Patron:
Elizabeth Guzman (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/23/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26104523D
- 01/23/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/03/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/09/2026 - House: Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/11/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107488D-H1
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N 0-A) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/19/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1502)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
- 02/24/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
