---
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).