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type: "Bill"
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title: "Clean energy projects; authorizes DMME to sponsor a statewide financing program."
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description: "Financing clean energy projects. Authorizesthe Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to sponsor a statewideclean energy financing program. The Department shall engage a privateentity through a competitive selection process to develop and administerthe program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 654"
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citation: "Virginia HB 654 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Nancy D. Guy"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9880d72-ce48-44a6-94a3-63f74d43b037"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB654"
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source_hash: "c7f13291541d29900ad15bb0ebe0dc73af6b4b38ba5a3ea5bef62e8304ca0c9e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 654 (2020) — Clean energy projects; authorizes DMME to sponsor a statewide financing program.
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Financing clean energy projects. Authorizesthe Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to sponsor a statewideclean energy financing program. The Department shall engage a privateentity through a competitive selection process to develop and administerthe program.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0664)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0664)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB654ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB654ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB654)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB654)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (75-Y 23-N) — **74–23** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) — **14–1** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Nancy D. Guy — primary (person)
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- Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102884D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB654)
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-31** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed House (75-Y 23-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-06** VOTE: Passage (75-Y 23-N)
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- **2020-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-07** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-27** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB654ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 664 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9880d72-ce48-44a6-94a3-63f74d43b037`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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