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| Bill | Small agricultural generators; expands definition. | Small agricultural generators; definition. Expands the definition of small agricultural generator to include any business operating a small agricultural generating facility that has been granted a manufacturer license as a distillery, limited distillery, brewery, limited brewery, winery, or farm winery. Under current law, small agricultural generators include only those businesses operating a small agricultural generating facility as part of an agricultural business. This bill incorporates HB 2215. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 1994 | Virginia HB 1994 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 1994 (2021) — Small agricultural generators; expands definition.
Small agricultural generators; definition. Expands the definition of small agricultural generator to include any business operating a small agricultural generating facility that has been granted a manufacturer license as a distillery, limited distillery, brewery, limited brewery, winery, or farm winery. Under current law, small agricultural generators include only those businesses operating a small agricultural generating facility as part of an agricultural business. This bill incorporates HB 2215.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0266 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103203D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1994ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100994D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — 92–6 (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kathleen Murphy — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Chris S. Runion — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100994D
introduction - 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2021-01-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Impact statement from SCC (HB1994)
- 2021-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-01-19 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-19 Committee substitute printed 21103203D-H1
substitution - 2021-01-19 Incorporates HB2215 (Runion)
- 2021-01-20 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-21 Committee substitute agreed to 21103203D-H1
- 2021-01-21 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1994H1
- 2021-01-22 Read third time and passed House (93-Y 6-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-01-22 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N)
- 2021-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-01-25 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Impact statement from SCC (HB1994H1)
- 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-15 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-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 Senate (38-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-18 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-18 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-22 Enrolled
- 2021-02-22 Signed by President
- 2021-02-23 Impact statement from SCC (HB1994ER)
- 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 266 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69ea197b-fde4-40f3-b9ab-fca44290b83d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).