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Laws · Virginia · H.B. 607

H.B. 607: Aggregate air pollution; Department of Environmental Quality to study, data center generators.

Virginia, 2026 Regular Session. In committee, January 13, 2026.

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Status In committee In committee, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Description

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.

As published by the legislature, found through LegiScan, source 1. It is the legislature's own line about the measure, not a summary of it.

Measure Bill.

Sponsors Amy Laufer (D)

Subjects None on file. The legislature's own list.

Official page lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB607. Found through LegiScan (bill 2072954), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. January 13, 2026 In committee

    H.B. 607 went to committee in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Rules.

  2. January 13, 2026 Introduced

    H.B. 607 was introduced in the House of Delegates. lis.virginia.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Referred to Committee on Rules.

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Sources

  1. H.B. 607 on the legislature's site lis.virginia.gov

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