---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local green banks; authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to establish."
description: "Local green banks. Authorizes a locality,by ordinance, to establish a green bank to promote the investmentin clean energy technologies in its locality and provide financingfor clean energy technologies, defined in the bill. The bill establishescertain powers and functions of a green bank, including developingrules and procedures, financing and providing loans for clean energyprojects, and stimulating demand for renewable energy. The bill requiresthe green bank to be a public entity, quasi-public entity, or nonprofitentity and requires the locality to hold a hearing and publish noticein a newspaper of general circulation prior to establishing the greenbank."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1919"
citation: "Virginia HB 1919 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaye Kory"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-10"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64d2cb99-9f03-45a5-807b-fe918ef05e45"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1919"
source_hash: "20bb0191e6b0a2e0c3f5cd1773b84b719927e6b038daf211046c03163fdeded5"
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 1919 (2021) — Local green banks; authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to establish.

Local green banks. Authorizes a locality,by ordinance, to establish a green bank to promote the investmentin clean energy technologies in its locality and provide financingfor clean energy technologies, defined in the bill. The bill establishescertain powers and functions of a green bank, including developingrules and procedures, financing and providing loans for clean energyprojects, and stimulating demand for renewable energy. The bill requiresthe green bank to be a public entity, quasi-public entity, or nonprofitentity and requires the locality to hold a hearing and publish noticein a newspaper of general circulation prior to establishing the greenbank.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0405)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21200236D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1919S1)
3. **HB1919ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1919ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102092D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1919)

## Votes

- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — **54–43** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 5-N) — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) — **25–13** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 42-N) — **55–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102092D `introduction`
- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21200236D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 21200236D-S1
- **2021-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1919S1
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-19** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200236D-S1 (56-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (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/64d2cb99-9f03-45a5-807b-fe918ef05e45`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).