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Bill

Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.

Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power; reasonable restrictions. Provides that a restriction on solar energy collection devices is not reasonable if application of the restriction to a particular proposal (i) increases the cost of installation of the solar energy collection device by five percent over the projected cost of the initially proposed installation or (ii) reduces the energy production by the solar energy collection device by 10 percent below the projected energy production of the initially proposed installation. The owner shall provide documentation prepared by an independent solar panel design specialist that is satisfactory to the community association to show that the restriction is not reasonable according to the criteria established in the bill. This bill is identical to SB 504.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 414

Virginia HB 414 (2020)

bill

enacted

Karrie K. Delaney

2020-01-02

2020-04-07

openstates

ocd-bill/897964bc-0bf6-4e74-829a-8ba465860fde

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB414

ef74292ddb64e406ce07da7a70ae10e7e95a15feb833f41d33625ab7ab08083b

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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us-va

Virginia HB 414 (2020) — Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB414ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB414H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB414) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — 94–4 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103320D introduction
2020-01-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB414)
2020-01-15 Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
2020-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106905D-H1 substitution
2020-01-28 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-01-30 Read first time reading-1
2020-01-31 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 20106905D-H1
2020-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB414H1
2020-02-03 Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-03 VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB414H1)
2020-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
2020-03-05 Enrolled
2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB414ER)
2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-06 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
2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 795 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/897964bc-0bf6-4e74-829a-8ba465860fde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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