republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2621.md

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Bill	Rezoning and site plan approval; decommissioning solar energy equipment, etc., bonding provisions.	Requires a locality, as part of the local legislative approval process or as a condition of approval of a site plan, to require an owner, lessee, or developer of real property to enter into a written agreement to decommission solar energy equipment, facilities, or devices upon certain terms and conditions, including right of entry by the locality and financial assurance. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2621	Virginia HB 2621 (2019)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Energy Conservation and Resources	enacted	Riley E. Ingram	6	22	7	2019-01-09	2019-03-21	openstates	ocd-bill/c424fe79-77cc-4d94-847c-f6f4eeeef8ba	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2621	b40eb5b44826246f8ce72e092eca7c8ddaf8514a72618be05f85482a0e518ff2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2621 (2019) — Rezoning and site plan approval; decommissioning solar energy equipment, etc., bonding provisions.

Requires a locality, as part of the local legislative approval process or as a condition of approval of a site plan, to require an owner, lessee, or developer of real property to enter into a written agreement to decommission solar energy equipment, facilities, or devices upon certain terms and conditions, including right of entry by the locality and financial assurance. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0743) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2621ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19106249D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Presented and ordered printed 19104060D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 94–3 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Local Government with amendment — 11–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Riley E. Ingram — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-09 Presented and ordered printed 19104060D introduction
• 2019-01-09 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19106249D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2621H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-15 Reading of amendment waived
• 2019-02-15 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-15 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2019-02-19 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-19 Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N)
• 2019-02-22 Enrolled
• 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-22 Signed by President
• 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c424fe79-77cc-4d94-847c-f6f4eeeef8ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).