---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric vehicles; DMME to determine feasibility of a rebate program."
description: "Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; electric vehicle rebate working group. Establishes a working group to determine the feasibility of an electric vehicle rebate program. The working group will report on its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2020."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Virginia HB 717 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-06"
last_action: "2020-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc8c057f-c4ad-4538-9017-f5f1e9e000ae"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB717"
source_hash: "7bebcc8363ec8911c99cc8a202d283325acb162d5a6c7036d82452fda459d82f"
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 717 (2020) — Electric vehicles; DMME to determine feasibility of a rebate program.

Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy; electric vehicle rebate working group. Establishes a working group to determine the feasibility of an electric vehicle rebate program. The working group will report on its findings and recommendations by November 1, 2020.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0973)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0973)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB717ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB717ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB717H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB717H1)
4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB717)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB717)

## Votes

- Reported from Transportation with amendment (12-Y 2-N) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 10-N) — **29–10** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N) — **54–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N) — **57–41** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103400D `introduction`
- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (HB717)
- **2020-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- **2020-01-30** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-01-30** Reported from Transportation with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-30** Committee substitute printed 20106859D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 20106859D-H1
- **2020-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB717H1
- **2020-02-05** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 41-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-05** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 41-N)
- **2020-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-06** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB717H1)
- **2020-02-27** Reported from Transportation with amendment (12-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2020-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-03-03** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2020-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-03-03** Passed Senate with amendment (29-Y 10-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-03-04** Senate amendment agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-03-04** VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 42-N)
- **2020-03-07** Enrolled
- **2020-03-07** Signed by President
- **2020-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Impact statement from DPB (HB717ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 973 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bc8c057f-c4ad-4538-9017-f5f1e9e000ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).