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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions."
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description: "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 HB 414."
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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: "SB 504"
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citation: "Virginia SB 504 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["J. Chapman Petersen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b18f674-e737-49cb-9557-65cb2789c616"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB504"
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source_hash: "ff0923f0a3f758084b40935a5e91b63a2c5efd5329eb0f85d696b2f505670928"
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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 SB 504 (2020) — Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.
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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 HB 414.
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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 (CHAP0272)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0272)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB504ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB504ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB504)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB504)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB504S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB504S1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- J. Chapman Petersen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102679D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-10** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB504)
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- **2020-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-09** Committee substitute printed 20107452D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB504S1)
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- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20107452D-S1
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- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB504S1
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- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-21** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (SB504ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 4, 2020
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- **2020-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 272 (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/2b18f674-e737-49cb-9557-65cb2789c616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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