Virginia House of Delegates bill in Session 2026.
Status: failed. Latest action: February 18, 2026.
Geoengineering; prohibited, civil penalties.
Geoengineering prohibited; civil penalties. Prohibits any person from engaging in geoengineering, defined in the bill as the intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of sunlight, in the Commonwealth. The bill provides that any person who violates such prohibition shall be subject to civil penalties authorized by relevant law.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0000-00-00 | Status | failed |
| 2026-01-22 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-02-18 | Latest Action | H Left in Committee Agriculture Chesapeake and Natural Resources |