republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1131.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment."
description: "Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to assess a revenue share of up to $1,400 per megawatt on any solar photovoltaic (electric energy) project with certain exceptions and expands an existing tax exemption for such projects under certain conditions. The bill authorizes such revenue share to apply to existing projects only if certain conditions are met. This bill is identical to SB 762."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1131"
citation: "Virginia HB 1131 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 38
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef3cbe0f-e332-461e-9e4b-5f6a86dca5c9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1131"
source_hash: "bd77dfb99824184ecf6762d53a7e458c9c1794414f2b09780f41f694b63c595a"
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 1131 (2020) — Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment.

Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to assess a revenue share of up to $1,400 per megawatt on any solar photovoltaic (electric energy) project with certain exceptions and expands an existing tax exemption for such projects under certain conditions. The bill authorizes such revenue share to apply to existing projects only if certain conditions are met. This bill is identical to SB 762.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1224)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1224)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1131ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1131ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1131H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1131H1)
4. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1131)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1131)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (HB1131ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1131ER2)

## Votes

- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (30-Y 10-N) — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N) — **53–42** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: (49-Y 44-N) — **48–44** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) — **32–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103166D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Impact statement from TAX (HB1131)
- **2020-01-23** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2020-02-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107253D-H1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 20107253D-H1
- **2020-02-07** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1131H1
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 42-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 42-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Impact statement from TAX (HB1131H1)
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate (32-Y 6-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from TAX (HB1131ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2020
- **2020-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2020-04-22** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (49-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: (49-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (30-Y 10-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (HB1131ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1224 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef3cbe0f-e332-461e-9e4b-5f6a86dca5c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).