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| Bill | Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; created, sunset provision. | Creates the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority (the Authority) to promote opportunities for energy development in Southwest Virginia, to create jobs and economic activity in Southwest Virginia consistent with the Virginia Energy Plan, and to position Southwest Virginia and the Commonwealth as a leader in energy workforce and energy technology research and development. The Authority will be composed of 11 nonlegislative members, of whom four will be appointed by the Governor, four will be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and three will be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The Authority is charged with, among other tasks, (i) leveraging the strength in energy research and workforce development of Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education; (ii) supporting the development of pump storage hydropower in Southwest Virginia and energy storage generally; (iii) promoting the development of renewable energy generation facilities on brownfield sites, including abandoned mine sites; (iv) promoting energy workforce development; and (v) assisting energy technology research and development by promoting the development of a Southwest Virginia Energy Park. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2029. This bill is identical to | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2019 | HB 2747 | Virginia HB 2747 (2019) |
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Virginia HB 2747 (2019) — Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; created, sunset provision.
Creates the Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority (the Authority) to promote opportunities for energy development in Southwest Virginia, to create jobs and economic activity in Southwest Virginia consistent with the Virginia Energy Plan, and to position Southwest Virginia and the Commonwealth as a leader in energy workforce and energy technology research and development. The Authority will be composed of 11 nonlegislative members, of whom four will be appointed by the Governor, four will be appointed by the Speaker of the House, and three will be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules. The Authority is charged with, among other tasks, (i) leveraging the strength in energy research and workforce development of Virginia's public and private institutions of higher education; (ii) supporting the development of pump storage hydropower in Southwest Virginia and energy storage generally; (iii) promoting the development of renewable energy generation facilities on brownfield sites, including abandoned mine sites; (iv) promoting energy workforce development; and (v) assisting energy technology research and development by promoting the development of a Southwest Virginia Energy Park. The bill has a sunset date of July 1, 2029. This bill is identical to
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0555) (committee substitute) — source
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
- House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2747ER) (committee substitute) — source
- House: Committee substitute printed 19106386D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- House: Presented and ordered printed 19104409D (committee substitute) — source
- Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Conference report agreed to by Senate — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House — 100–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate amendments rejected by House — 0–97 (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendments — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — 18–0 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Terry G. Kilgore — primary (person)
- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — cosponsor (person)
- Charles D. Poindexter — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2019-01-17 Presented and ordered printed 19104409D
introduction - 2019-01-17 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2019-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
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 19106386D-H1
- 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2747H1
- 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 Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2019-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2019-02-14 Reading of amendments waived
- 2019-02-14 Committee amendments agreed to
- 2019-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2019-02-18 Placed on Calendar
- 2019-02-18 Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
- 2019-02-19 Senate requested conference committee
- 2019-02-20 House acceded to request
- 2019-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
- 2019-02-21 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2019-02-21 Amended by conference committee
- 2019-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
- 2019-02-22 Passed by temporarily
- 2019-03-07 Enrolled
- 2019-03-07 Signed by Speaker
- 2019-03-09 Signed by President
- 2019-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2019
- 2019-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 555 (effective 7/1/19)
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Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/897bc595-1f21-4ceb-9c66-9b56d1db097d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).