republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-828.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	Carbon-free energy and clean energy; definition.	Carbon-free energy and clean energy. Provides that "carbon-free energy" or "clean energy," as used in the Code of Virginia, includes electric energy generated from a source that does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the process of generating the electric energy, including electric energy generated by the conversion of sunlight, wind, falling water, wave motion, tides, or geothermal or nuclear energy.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 828	Virginia SB 828 (2020)	bill		enacted	Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr.	4	32	6	2020-01-08	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/fb1e58d4-51fc-462a-b01d-0a611aba53e7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB828	7237160952df703058bd4989603eb0134e70473103a127dd0addce5250dd74b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 828 (2020) — Carbon-free energy and clean energy; definition.

Carbon-free energy and clean energy. Provides that "carbon-free energy" or "clean energy," as used in the Code of Virginia, includes electric energy generated from a source that does not emit carbon dioxide into the atmosphere during the process of generating the electric energy, including electric energy generated by the conversion of sunlight, wind, falling water, wave motion, tides, or geothermal or nuclear energy.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0811) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB828ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB828E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (SB828) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N) — 49–45 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103852D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-01-10 Assigned C&L sub: Energy referral-committee
• 2020-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB828)
• 2020-01-27 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-01-30 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-01-30 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB828E
• 2020-01-30 Printed as engrossed 20103852D-E
• 2020-01-31 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (SB828E)
• 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 (9-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce (18-Y 4-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 Passed House (49-Y 46-N) passage
• 2020-02-27 VOTE: Passage (49-Y 46-N)
• 2020-03-04 Enrolled
• 2020-03-04 Impact statement from DPB (SB828ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 811 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb1e58d4-51fc-462a-b01d-0a611aba53e7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).