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Bill Nuclear energy; strategic plan for overall goal of carbon-free energy. Nuclear energy; strategic plan. Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, and the Secretary of Education to work in coordination with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to develop a strategic plan for the role of nuclear energy in the Commonwealth's overall strategy for moving toward renewable and carbon-free energy. The plan shall be completed by October 1, 2020, and updated every four years thereafter. This bill is identical to SB 549. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 1303 Virginia HB 1303 (2020)
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Virginia HB 1303 (2020) — Nuclear energy; strategic plan for overall goal of carbon-free energy.

Nuclear energy; strategic plan. Directs the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, the Secretary of Commerce and Trade, and the Secretary of Education to work in coordination with the Virginia Nuclear Energy Consortium Authority and the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to develop a strategic plan for the role of nuclear energy in the Commonwealth's overall strategy for moving toward renewable and carbon-free energy. The plan shall be completed by October 1, 2020, and updated every four years thereafter. This bill is identical to SB 549.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0657) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1303ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1303) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N) — 81 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) — 201 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) — 963 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105076D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB1303)
  • 2020-01-22 Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  • 2020-01-22 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2020-01-28 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-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 (97-Y 3-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N)
  • 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-18 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-18 Rereferred to Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2020-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1303ER)
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
  • 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 657 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dba35c46-6e39-4c31-8384-26bb681a5913. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).