HB1268Introduced in the House of Delegates
Environmental Permits - Requirements for Burden Analysis, Issuance and Renewal, and Public Participation (Cumulative Harms for Environmental Restoration for Improving Shared Health - CHERISH Our Communities Act)
Introduced by Dylan Behler, District 30
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
Requiring an application for the issuance or renewal of a covered individual environmental permit for a site or facility located within an at-risk census tract after a certain date to include in the permit application a report describing the environmental and public health burdens in the at-risk census tract; requiring the Department of the Environment to issue a determination as to whether approving a covered individual environmental permit will cause or contribute to adverse environmental or public health stressors; etc.
Where it stands
Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.
March 13, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.
Bill history
First Reading Environment and Transportation
Hearing 3/06 at 1:00 p.m.
Hearing canceled
Hearing 3/10 at 1:00 p.m.
Hearing canceled
Hearing 3/13 at 1:00 p.m.
Hearing canceled
Hearing 3/13 at 1:30 p.m.
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