republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-657.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review.	Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review. Exempts a solar facility that is 150 megawatts or less from the requirement that it be reviewed for substantial accord with a locality's comprehensive plan if the zoning ordinance of the locality permits solar facilities with a conditional use permit and the locality waives the requirement that solar facilities be reviewed.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 657	Virginia HB 657 (2020)	bill		enacted	Steve E. Heretick	5	41	8	2020-01-06	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/7d963032-a130-4478-a41f-6d0d42e16d1e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB657	57926e818ffb55577aab6de8ed9eaeff7b27e3ed56217e5b708330a0ea5beec5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 657 (2020) — Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review.

Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review. Exempts a solar facility that is 150 megawatts or less from the requirement that it be reviewed for substantial accord with a locality's comprehensive plan if the zoning ordinance of the locality permits solar facilities with a conditional use permit and the locality waives the requirement that solar facilities be reviewed.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB657ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB657H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB657S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from DHCD (HB657) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N 1-A) — 26–13 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 2-N) — 10–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N 1-A) — 64–32 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (59-Y 41-N) — 58–41 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Steve E. Heretick — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102662D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 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
• 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (HB657)
• 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107257D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107257D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB657H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (59-Y 41-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (59-Y 41-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108882D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-26 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-26 Committee substitute agreed to 20108882D-S1
• 2020-02-26 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-27 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-28 Passed by for the day
• 2020-03-02 Passed by for the day
• 2020-03-03 Passed by for the day
• 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB657S1
• 2020-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N 1-A) passage
• 2020-03-05 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108882D-S1 (65-Y 32-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N 1-A)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 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 665 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7d963032-a130-4478-a41f-6d0d42e16d1e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).