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| Bill | Local green banks; authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to establish. | Local green banks. Authorizes a locality,by ordinance, to establish a green bank to promote the investmentin clean energy technologies in its locality and provide financingfor clean energy technologies, defined in the bill. The bill establishescertain powers and functions of a green bank, including developingrules and procedures, financing and providing loans for clean energyprojects, and stimulating demand for renewable energy. The bill requiresthe green bank to be a public entity, quasi-public entity, or nonprofitentity and requires the locality to hold a hearing and publish noticein a newspaper of general circulation prior to establishing the greenbank. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1919 | Virginia HB 1919 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1919 (2021) — Local green banks; authorizes a locality, by ordinance, to establish.
Local green banks. Authorizes a locality,by ordinance, to establish a green bank to promote the investmentin clean energy technologies in its locality and provide financingfor clean energy technologies, defined in the bill. The bill establishescertain powers and functions of a green bank, including developingrules and procedures, financing and providing loans for clean energyprojects, and stimulating demand for renewable energy. The bill requiresthe green bank to be a public entity, quasi-public entity, or nonprofitentity and requires the locality to hold a hearing and publish noticein a newspaper of general circulation prior to establishing the greenbank.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0405 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21200236D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1919ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102092D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N) — 54–43 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 5-N) — 8–5 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 8-N) — 13–8 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N) — 25–13 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 42-N) — 55–42 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102092D
introduction - 2021-01-10 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Assigned CC & T sub: Land Use
referral-committee - 2021-01-29 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (13-Y 8-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-02 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 43-N)
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Local Government (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Local Government with substitute (8-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-15 Committee substitute printed 21200236D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-17 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-17 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 21200236D-S1
- 2021-02-17 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1919S1
- 2021-02-17 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 13-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-19 Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200236D-S1 (56-Y 42-N)
- 2021-02-19 VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 42-N)
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64d2cb99-9f03-45a5-807b-fe918ef05e45. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).