republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/sb-1258.md

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Bill	Solar projects; erosion and sediment control.	Solar projects; erosion and sediment control plan review. Requires any locality that does not operate a regulated MS4 and for which the Department did not administer a VSMP as of July 1, 2020, to notify the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i) review of a required erosion and sediment control plan and (ii) a recommendation on the plan's compliance with the requirements of the Erosion and Sediment Control Law and the State Water Control Board's regulations, for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts. The bill provides certain procedural steps for the Department and VESCP authority for a locality to take in reviewing the plan and making recommendations and decisions. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	SB 1258	Virginia SB 1258 (2021)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	5	47	12	2021-01-11	2021-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/e90e7fec-a98b-4d86-8881-489446041d10	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1258	167d9c377f8cd00ec63a06ccbe6535c887f941ec6a477e7e93a7c07e977213da	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1258 (2021) — Solar projects; erosion and sediment control.

Solar projects; erosion and sediment control plan review. Requires any locality that does not operate a regulated MS4 and for which the Department did not administer a VSMP as of July 1, 2020, to notify the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i) review of a required erosion and sediment control plan and (ii) a recommendation on the plan's compliance with the requirements of the Erosion and Sediment Control Law and the State Water Control Board's regulations, for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts. The bill provides certain procedural steps for the Department and VESCP authority for a locality to take in reviewing the plan and making recommendations and decisions. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0497 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 21103291D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101494D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1258ER (committee substitute) — source
5. SB1258ES1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• House amendments agreed to by Senate (28-Y 10-N) — 28–10 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101494D introduction
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-01-19 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-19 Committee substitute printed 21103291D-S1 substitution
• 2021-01-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 Impact statement from DPB (SB1258S1)
• 2021-02-02 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-02 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21103291D-S1
• 2021-02-04 Reading of amendment waived
• 2021-02-04 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1258ES1
• 2021-02-04 Printed as engrossed 21103291D-ES1
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
• 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 2021-02-09 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB1258ES1)
• 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2021-02-17 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-02-18 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2021-02-19 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-22 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2021-02-22 Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-24 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-24 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2021-02-24 Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2021-02-24 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-25 House amendments agreed to by Senate (28-Y 10-N)
• 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
• 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e90e7fec-a98b-4d86-8881-489446041d10. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).