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Bill Local tax; amount of exemption for solar energy equipment. Local tax exemption; solar energy equipment. Changes the local property tax exemption for solar energy projects from an 80 percent exemption for the life of the project to a step down scale of an 80 percent exemption in the first five years, 70 percent in the second five years, and 60 percent for all remaining years in service. The change applies to solar energy projects that are either (i) projects greater than 20 megawatts and less than 150 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed with an electric utility or a regional transmission organization after January 1, 2015, and first in service on or after January 1, 2017, and (ii) projects equaling more than five megawatts and less than 150 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed on or after January 1, 2019. The bill provides that if a locality assesses a revenue share on a project, the step down scale shall not apply. The bill extends the sunset date after which new projects may not qualify for the exemption from January 1, 2024, to July 1, 2030, and is identical to HB 1434. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 763 Virginia SB 763 (2020)
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Virginia SB 763 (2020) — Local tax; amount of exemption for solar energy equipment.

Local tax exemption; solar energy equipment. Changes the local property tax exemption for solar energy projects from an 80 percent exemption for the life of the project to a step down scale of an 80 percent exemption in the first five years, 70 percent in the second five years, and 60 percent for all remaining years in service. The change applies to solar energy projects that are either (i) projects greater than 20 megawatts and less than 150 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed with an electric utility or a regional transmission organization after January 1, 2015, and first in service on or after January 1, 2017, and (ii) projects equaling more than five megawatts and less than 150 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed on or after January 1, 2019. The bill provides that if a locality assesses a revenue share on a project, the step down scale shall not apply. The bill extends the sunset date after which new projects may not qualify for the exemption from January 1, 2024, to July 1, 2030, and is identical to HB 1434.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1029) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB763ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB763H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB763S1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. Impact statement from TAX (SB763) (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB763S2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (58-Y 38-N) — 57–38 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N) — 4–36 (fail) · upper
  • Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 39-N) — 50–39 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • George L. Barker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103372D introduction
  • 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Impact statement from TAX (SB763)
  • 2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20107355D-S1 substitution
  • 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2020-02-11 Committee substitute agreed to 20107355D-S1
  • 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB763S1
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-11 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
  • 2020-02-14 Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
  • 2020-02-14 Impact statement from TAX (SB763S1)
  • 2020-02-24 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-24 Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-24 Committee substitute printed 20108890D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-26 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20108890D-H1
  • 2020-02-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB763H1
  • 2020-02-27 Passed House with substitute (58-Y 38-N) passage
  • 2020-02-27 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 38-N)
  • 2020-03-02 House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N)
  • 2020-03-03 House insisted on substitute
  • 2020-03-03 House requested conference committee
  • 2020-03-04 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
  • 2020-03-07 Conference substitute printed 20109839D-S2
  • 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 39-N)
  • 2020-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 39-N)
  • 2020-03-18 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 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
  • 2020-03-25 Impact statement from TAX (SB763ER)
  • 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1029 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/41db6628-a318-4e0e-8a4e-375973b5f4eb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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