What is the status of HB397?

Chaptered as of April 13, 2026. Latest action: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0920) (April 13, 2026).

Charniele Herring (D, 4), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for HB397?

On the Virginia Legislature website: https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB397

Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia HB397: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.

Q: What is HB397?

HB397 is a bill in the Virginia Legislature (2026 Regular Session): An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.

Q: What does HB397 do?

In its own words: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program. [H 397] Approved April 13, 2026 1. That §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as report. A. [DELETED: The] [DELETED: provisions] [DELETED: of] [DELETED: this] [DELETED: article] [DELETED: shall] [DELETED: be] [DELETED: incorporated] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Department,] [DELETED: without] [DELETED: further] [DELETED: action] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Board,] [DEL.

Status: Chaptered, April 13, 2026

Clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality and the State Air Pollution Control Board to establish and maintain a market-based trading program consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative program, as defined in existing law, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generating units in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 802.

What the bill says

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program. [H 397] Approved April 13, 2026 1. That §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as report. A. [DELETED: The] [DELETED: provisions] [DELETED: of] [DELETED: this] [DELETED: article] [DELETED: shall] [DELETED: be] [DELETED: incorporated] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Department,] [DELETED: without] [DELETED: further] [DELETED: action] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Board,] [DEL.

From the enrolled text, April 13, 2026:

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program. [H 397] Approved April 13, 2026 1. That §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia are amended and reenacted as report. A. [DELETED: The] [DELETED: provisions] [DELETED: of] [DELETED: this] [DELETED: article] [DELETED: shall] [DELETED: be] [DELETED: incorporated] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Department,] [DELETED: without] [DELETED: further] [DELETED: action] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Board,] [DELETED: into] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: final] [DELETED: regulation] [DELETED: adopted] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Board] [DELETED: on] [DELETED: April] [DELETED: 19,] [DELETED: 2019,] [DELETED: and] [DELETED: published] [DELETED: in] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Virginia] [DELETED: Register] [DELETED: on] [DELETED: May] [DELETED: 27,] [DELETED: 2019.] [DELETED: Such] [DELETED: incorporation] [DELETED: by] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Department] [DELETED: shall] [DELETED: be] [DELETED: exempt] [DELETED: from] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: provisions] [DELETED: of] [DELETED: the] [DELETED: Virginia] [DELETED: Administrative] [DELETED: Process] [DELETED: Act] [DELETED: (§ 2.2-4000] [DELETED: et] [DELETED: seq.)] The Board shall establish and maintain a market-based trading regulation, consistent with the RGGI program, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generating units in the Commonwealth that shall be implemented and administered by the Department. B. The Director [DELETED: is] [DELETED: hereby] [DELETED: authorized] [DELETED: to] shall establish, implement, and …

Virginia HB397: An Act to amend and reenact §§ 10.1-1330 and 10.1-1331 of the Code of Virginia, relating to clean energy and community flood preparedness; market-based trading program.

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