---
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).