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Bill	Solar and wind energy; projects on previously developed project sites.	Solar and wind energy projects on previously developed project sites. Declares that the construction or purchase by a public utility prior to January 1, 2024, of one or more solar or wind generation facilities located on a previously developed project site in the Commonwealth having in the aggregate a rated capacity that does not exceed 200 megawatts, or the purchase by a public utility of energy, capacity, and environmental attributes from such solar facilities owned by persons other than a public utility, is in the public interest.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1133	Virginia HB 1133 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones	4	33	8	2020-01-07	2020-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/7a571d2d-64e0-4e38-8c19-ed04ba9c35d6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1133	ef1b763e5411dd119d8fc44b061ec655989bb64dd77d3baac0b782a470eb05a5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1133 (2020) — Solar and wind energy; projects on previously developed project sites.

Solar and wind energy projects on previously developed project sites. Declares that the construction or purchase by a public utility prior to January 1, 2024, of one or more solar or wind generation facilities located on a previously developed project site in the Commonwealth having in the aggregate a rated capacity that does not exceed 200 megawatts, or the purchase by a public utility of energy, capacity, and environmental attributes from such solar facilities owned by persons other than a public utility, is in the public interest.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1225) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1133ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from SCC (HB1133) (committee substitute) — source
4. Reenrolled bill text (HB1133ER2) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: (72-Y 22-N) — 71–22 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (30-Y 10-N) — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105009D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from SCC (HB1133)
• 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from SCC (HB1133ER)
• 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-05 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by House
• 2020-04-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-04-22 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (72-Y 22-N)
• 2020-04-22 VOTE: (72-Y 22-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 (HB1133ER2)
• 2020-04-22 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2020-04-22 Enacted, Chapter 1225 (effective 7/1/20) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7a571d2d-64e0-4e38-8c19-ed04ba9c35d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).