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| Bill | Small renewable energy projects; energy storage. | Small renewable energy projects; energy storage.Includes in the definition of a "small renewable energy project"certain energy storage facilities and projects that include storagefacility components. Such facilities are eligible for special permitting,review, and inspection requirements. The bill directs the Departmentof Environmental Quality to promulgate initial regulations to implementthe provisions of the bill by January 1, 2022. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | HB 2148 | Virginia HB 2148 (2021) |
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Virginia HB 2148 (2021) — Small renewable energy projects; energy storage.
Small renewable energy projects; energy storage.Includes in the definition of a "small renewable energy project"certain energy storage facilities and projects that include storagefacility components. Such facilities are eligible for special permitting,review, and inspection requirements. The bill directs the Departmentof Environmental Quality to promulgate initial regulations to implementthe provisions of the bill by January 1, 2022.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0419 (committee substitute) — source
- HB2148ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102904D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — 88–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sally L. Hudson — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102904D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB2148)
- 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 2021-01-27 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2021-01-28 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-01-29 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2021-02-01 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2021-02-01 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N)
- 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2021-02-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2021-02-22 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-25 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-25 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
passage - 2021-03-09 Enrolled
- 2021-03-09 Signed by President
- 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-30 Approved by Governor-Chapter 419 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/20a05c50-629d-4cb1-96b5-ed11d906b9b6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).