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type: "Bill"
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title: "Solar energy projects; national standards."
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description: "Solar energy projects; national standards. Authorizesa locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions to incorporategenerally accepted national standards for the use of solar panelsand battery technologies for solar photovoltaic (electric energy)projects. The bill contains an enactment clause that applies suchgenerally accepted national standards to any such projects in theCommonwealth, notwithstanding any other provision of law, generalor special."
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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 875"
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citation: "Virginia SB 875 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-08"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d164e0e2-1359-42b3-a98d-884cd64eccd5"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB875"
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source_hash: "5984215a68c8f44fb15bd0743a6f4cb62fd1336bc03ee2fb76ee1b58f4241b75"
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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 875 (2020) — Solar energy projects; national standards.
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Solar energy projects; national standards. Authorizesa locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions to incorporategenerally accepted national standards for the use of solar panelsand battery technologies for solar photovoltaic (electric energy)projects. The bill contains an enactment clause that applies suchgenerally accepted national standards to any such projects in theCommonwealth, notwithstanding any other provision of law, generalor special.
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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 (CHAP0402)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0402)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB875ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB875ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB875)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB875)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (SB875S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB875S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102705D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB875)
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- **2020-01-20** Rereferred from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-20** Rereferred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-03** Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-03** Committee substitute printed 20107535D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB875S1)
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- **2020-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-05** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute agreed to 20107535D-S1
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- **2020-02-05** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB875S1
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- **2020-02-06** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (SB875ER)
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- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (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/d164e0e2-1359-42b3-a98d-884cd64eccd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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