republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1965.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program."
description: "State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program. Directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. Regulations adopted by the Board to implement the program are exempt from the Administrative Process Act and shall not become effective prior to January 1, 2024. The bill also authorizes the State Corporation Commission to exclude sales related to such vehicles from certain energy efficiency calculations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1965"
citation: "Virginia HB 1965 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamont Bagby"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3400fb46-de92-4617-be36-08669f62058f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1965"
source_hash: "09b46513462b95dbe6121427dd064f995560fc8a2757e053e07ea33f69c84227"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1965 (2021) — State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program.

State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program. Directs the State Air Pollution Control Board to implement a low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program for motor vehicles with a model year of 2025 and later. Regulations adopted by the Board to implement the program are exempt from the Administrative Process Act and shall not become effective prior to January 1, 2024. The bill also authorizes the State Corporation Commission to exclude sales related to such vehicles from certain energy efficiency calculations.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0263** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0263)
2. **HB1965ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1965ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101651D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1965)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21101651D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1965E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 15-N) — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Amendments by Senator Newman rejected (18-Y 20-N) — **18–20** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N) — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lamont Bagby — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Luke E. Torian — cosponsor (person)
- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
- Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101651D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-27** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB1965E
- **2021-01-29** Printed as engrossed 21101651D-E
- **2021-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB1965)
- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1965E)
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-15** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-15** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2021-02-19** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-02-19** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
- **2021-02-19** Amendments by Senator Newman rejected (18-Y 20-N) `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 15-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-23** Senate amendments agreed to by House (53-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (53-Y 44-N)
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1965ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 263 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3400fb46-de92-4617-be36-08669f62058f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).