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Bill

Virginia Energy Plan; climate change pressing challenge.

Virginia Energy Plan; Commonwealth Energy Policy.Adopts findings that climate change is an urgent and pressing challenge forVirginia, that swift decarbonization and a transition to clean energy arerequired to meet the urgency of the challenge, and that the Commonwealth willbenefit from being a leader in deploying a low-carbon energy economy. Themeasure states that the Commonwealth recognizes that the following objectiveswill advance the health, welfare, and safety of Virginians: (i) establishingsufficient supply and delivery infrastructure to enable widespread deploymentof distributed energy resources; (ii) maximizing energy efficiency programs inorder to produce electricity cost savings and to create jobs and revenue fromthe energy efficiency service sector; (iii) establishing greenhouse gasemissions reduction goals across Virginia's economy that reach net-zeroemissions by 2050; (iv) requiring that pathways to net-zero greenhouse gasemissions be determined; (v) enabling widespread integration of storagetechnologies into the grid and pairing such storage technologies with renewablegeneration; (vi) mitigating the negative impacts of climate change and theenergy transition on disadvantaged communities and prioritizing investment inthese communities; (vii) developing the carbon-free energy resources requiredto fully decarbonize the electric power supply of the Commonwealth includingdeployment of 30 percent renewables by 2030 and realizing 100 percent carbon-freeelectric power by 2040; and (viii) ensuring that decision-making is transparentand includes opportunities for full participation by the public. The measurealso states that it is the policy of the Commonwealth to (a) accelerate the useand deployment of renewable energy sources such that 30 percent of Virginia'selectricity will be from renewable energy sources by 2030 and 100 percent ofVirginia's electricity will be from carbon-free sources by 2040; (b) promoteresearch and development of carbon-free electric power generation technologies,including advanced nuclear and carbon capture and storage; (c) ensure theavailability of affordable natural gas where established and where it enablesgreenhouse gas reduction; (d) promote beneficial electrification oftransportation, buildings, industry, and agriculture; (e) establish greenhousegas emissions reduction standards across all sectors of Virginia's economy thattarget net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century; (f) enact mandatoryclean energy standards and overall strategies for reaching zero carbon in theelectric power sector by 2040; (g) incorporate requirements for technical,policy, and economic analyses and assessments that identify pathways to zerocarbon that maximize Virginia's economic development and create quality jobs;(h) minimize the negative impacts of climate change and the energy transitionon disadvantaged communities and prioritize investment in these areas; (i)adopt residential and commercial building codes that meet or exceed the currentInternational Building Code standards and encourage construction andretrofitting of buildings to achieve maximum energy savings; and (j) supportthe distributed generation of renewable electricity. The measure also requiresthat the Virginia Energy Plan identify actions consistent with the goals ofachieving a net-zero carbon economy by 2050 and include an inventory of allgreenhouse gas emissions for the four years preceding the issuance of the Plan.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 714

Virginia HB 714 (2020)

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enacted

David A. Reid

2020-01-06

2020-04-11

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ocd-bill/766ffb71-fa6b-469e-a3a1-9a6b875b83fe

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB714

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

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 714 (2020) — Virginia Energy Plan; climate change pressing challenge.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1192) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB714ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB714H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB714) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB714S1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N 1-A) — 0–94 (fail) · lower
Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 2-N) — 11–2 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — 54–45 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
Senate insisted on substitute (23-Y 17-N) — 23–17 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N) — 11–2 (pass) · upper
Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104864D 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
2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB714)
2020-02-04 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-04 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20107664D-H1 substitution
2020-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107664D-H1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB714H1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB714H1)
2020-02-18 Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
2020-02-18 Rereferred to Commerce and Labor referral-committee
2020-02-24 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (11-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20109054D-S1 substitution
2020-02-24 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB714S1)
2020-03-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
2020-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20109054D-S1
2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB714S1
2020-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N) passage
2020-03-05 Senate substitute rejected by House 20109054D-S1 (0-Y 95-N 1-A)
2020-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N 1-A)
2020-03-05 Senate insisted on substitute (23-Y 17-N)
2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-05 House acceded to request
2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-06 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (53-Y 46-N)
2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 46-N)
2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB714ER)
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1192 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/766ffb71-fa6b-469e-a3a1-9a6b875b83fe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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