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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Small agricultural generators; expands definition."
+description: "Small agricultural generators; definition. Expands the definition of small agricultural generator to include any business operating a small agricultural generating facility that has been granted a manufacturer license as a distillery, limited distillery, brewery, limited brewery, winery, or farm winery. Under current law, small agricultural generators include only those businesses operating a small agricultural generating facility as part of an agricultural business. This bill incorporates HB 2215."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 1994"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1994 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kathleen Murphy"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2021-01-11"
+last_action: "2021-03-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69ea197b-fde4-40f3-b9ab-fca44290b83d"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1994"
+source_hash: "31fa1ad30dec77584d55ec818c32161b377b815ade36500c43c623b599a45ce1"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1994 (2021) — Small agricultural generators; expands definition.
+
+Small agricultural generators; definition. Expands the definition of small agricultural generator to include any business operating a small agricultural generating facility that has been granted a manufacturer license as a distillery, limited distillery, brewery, limited brewery, winery, or farm winery. Under current law, small agricultural generators include only those businesses operating a small agricultural generating facility as part of an agricultural business. This bill incorporates HB 2215.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0266** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0266)
+2. **Committee substitute printed 21103203D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1994H1)
+3. **HB1994ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1994ER)
+4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100994D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1994)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — **92–6** (pass) · lower
+- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
+- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
+- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100994D `introduction`
+- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-15** Impact statement from SCC (HB1994)
+- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2021-01-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-19** Committee substitute printed 21103203D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2021-01-19** Incorporates HB2215 (Runion)
+- **2021-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-21** Committee substitute agreed to 21103203D-H1
+- **2021-01-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1994H1
+- **2021-01-22** Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-22** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
+- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from SCC (HB1994H1)
+- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-15** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
+- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
+- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB1994ER)
+- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
+- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
+- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 266 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/69ea197b-fde4-40f3-b9ab-fca44290b83d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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