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Bill Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies. Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies. Authorizes any agency of state government to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property the agency controls. The bill exempts state agencies from being considered a public utility solely because of the sale of electric vehicle charging service or the ownership or operation of an electric vehicle charging station and further exempts such service from constituting the retail sale of electricity. Currently, state-operated charging stations may be operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of General Services, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation, and public institutions of higher education. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 511 Virginia HB 511 (2020)
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Virginia HB 511 (2020) — Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies.

Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by state agencies. Authorizes any agency of state government to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property the agency controls. The bill exempts state agencies from being considered a public utility solely because of the sale of electric vehicle charging service or the ownership or operation of an electric vehicle charging station and further exempts such service from constituting the retail sale of electricity. Currently, state-operated charging stations may be operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Department of General Services, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation, and public institutions of higher education.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0490) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB511ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House as amended HB511E (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB511) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 1-N) — 71 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) — 2317 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • Amendments by Senator Obenshain rejected (18-Y 21-N) — 1821 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from Transportation with amendments (20-Y 2-N) — 202 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — 120 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (66-Y 31-N) — 6531 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • David L. Bulova — primary (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100946D introduction
  • 2020-01-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
  • 2020-01-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB511)
  • 2020-01-15 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics referral-committee
  • 2020-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (7-Y 1-N)
  • 2020-01-23 Reported from Transportation with amendments (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-27 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-01-28 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-28 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2020-01-28 Engrossed by House as amended HB511E
  • 2020-01-28 Printed as engrossed 20100946D-E
  • 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB511E)
  • 2020-01-29 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 31-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-29 VOTE: Passage (66-Y 31-N)
  • 2020-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2020-02-19 Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-25 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2020-02-25 Amendments by Senator Obenshain rejected (18-Y 21-N) amendment-failure
  • 2020-02-25 Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N) passage
  • 2020-03-02 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB511ER)
  • 2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-03 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
  • 2020-03-27 Approved by Governor-Chapter 490 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e89a188d-be88-4050-aca8-2ae83f407f2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).