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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.

  1. CHAP0266 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103203D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1994ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100994D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 211 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (93-Y 6-N) — 926 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (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).