republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-817.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	Nuclear energy; considered a clean energy source.	Nuclear energy; considered a clean energy source. Provides that for the purposes of the Commonwealth Energy Policy, in any clean energy initiative or carbon-free energy initiative undertaken, overseen, regulated, or permitted by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, nuclear energy shall be considered to be a clean energy source.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 817	Virginia SB 817 (2020)	bill		enacted	Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	3	28	6	2020-01-08	2020-04-09	openstates	ocd-bill/e227a1b2-df57-4729-ae06-2c3462adb521	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB817	6998df010e28197932567754f0e75080001b901b19bba90302c61576261a1d26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 817 (2020) — Nuclear energy; considered a clean energy source.

Nuclear energy; considered a clean energy source. Provides that for the purposes of the Commonwealth Energy Policy, in any clean energy initiative or carbon-free energy initiative undertaken, overseen, regulated, or permitted by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, nuclear energy shall be considered to be a clean energy source.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0960) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB817ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (SB817) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N) — 14–6 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N) — 64–35 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N) — 5–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)
• Bryce E. Reeves — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105123D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Assigned C&L sub: Energy referral-committee
• 2020-01-13 Impact statement from DPB (SB817)
• 2020-01-20 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-23 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-24 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce (14-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-25 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-26 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-27 Pending question ordered
• 2020-02-27 Passed House (65-Y 35-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 VOTE: Passage (65-Y 35-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB817ER)
• 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 960 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e227a1b2-df57-4729-ae06-2c3462adb521. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).