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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition."
+description: "An Act to amend and reenact § 10.1-1197.5, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 340"
+citation: "Virginia SB 340 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 37
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2026-01-13"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e94e6f1-21b0-4da6-aa72-e10900d64309"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB340"
+source_hash: "b455ee203c57b94d5b618d451fba730e071f2a5ea8d724bf00f03e31ca49caa1"
+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 SB 340 (2026) — Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition.
+
+An Act to amend and reenact § 10.1-1197.5, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, of the Code of Virginia, relating to small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089671.PDF)
+2. **Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116087.PDF)
+3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216821.PDF)
+4. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1170853.PDF)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186686.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Concur House Substitute R — **28–12** (pass) · upper
+- Reconsider R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **68–30** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **15–5** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — **12–2** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **25–15** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **27–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Russet Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103616D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB340)
+- **2026-02-03** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-02-03** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute printed 26107004D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-02-05** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB340)
+- **2026-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-06** Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
+- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-09** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate
+- **2026-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-12** Placed on Calendar
+- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-19** Committee substitute printed 26108166D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2026-02-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB340)
+- **2026-02-23** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-24** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
+- **2026-02-24** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2026-02-24** Passed House with substitute (68-Y 30-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-02-26** House substitute agreed to by Senate (28-Y 12-N 0-A) `substitution`
+- **2026-03-02** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-02** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB340ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB340)
+- **2026-03-02** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 157 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0157)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e94e6f1-21b0-4da6-aa72-e10900d64309`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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