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Bill Common interest communities; electric vehicle charging stations permitted. Common interest communities; electric vehicle charging stations permitted. Prohibits certain common interest community associations from prohibiting the installation of an electric vehicle charging station within the boundaries of a member's unit or limited common element parking space appurtenant to the unit owned by the unit owner or, in the case of a property owners' association, a lot owner's property, and sets forth provisions governing the installation and removal of such charging stations. The bill also requires the association member installing an electric vehicle charging station to indemnify and hold the association harmless from all liability resulting from a claim arising out of the installation, maintenance, operation, or use of such charging station. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 630 Virginia SB 630 (2020)
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Virginia SB 630 (2020) — Common interest communities; electric vehicle charging stations permitted.

Common interest communities; electric vehicle charging stations permitted. Prohibits certain common interest community associations from prohibiting the installation of an electric vehicle charging station within the boundaries of a member's unit or limited common element parking space appurtenant to the unit owned by the unit owner or, in the case of a property owners' association, a lot owner's property, and sets forth provisions governing the installation and removal of such charging stations. The bill also requires the association member installing an electric vehicle charging station to indemnify and hold the association harmless from all liability resulting from a claim arising out of the installation, maintenance, operation, or use of such charging station.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1012) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB630ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB630S1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (SB630) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
  • Bill DeSteph — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104752D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB630)
  • 2020-01-15 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-15 Committee substitute printed 20105734D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-01-17 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-20 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-20 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-01-20 Committee substitute agreed to 20105734D-S1
  • 2020-01-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB630S1
  • 2020-01-21 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB630S1)
  • 2020-02-18 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-18 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-18 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation referral-committee
  • 2020-02-21 Assigned CT & I sub: Communications referral-committee
  • 2020-02-24 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-27 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-27 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-04 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB630ER)
  • 2020-03-05 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-05 Signed by Speaker
  • 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
  • 2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1012 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ae70e25-1f92-42df-a908-886443b9f1c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).