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type: "Bill"
title: "Local governments; additional powers, Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing programs."
description: "General Powers of local governments; additionalpowers; Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financingprograms. Changes the existing authorization for local governmentsto finance, by ordinance, clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs to authorize the financing of eligible improvementsto eligible properties, as defined in the bill, under C-PACE loanprograms. The bill allows localities to delegate billing, collection,and remittance of C-PACE loan payments to a third party. The billexempts localities that have enacted C-PACE ordinances before July1, 2022, from enforcement."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1325"
citation: "Virginia HB 1325 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41787843-9d0a-4ad2-8c14-90941bc0bb7e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB1325"
source_hash: "b4c1e2eaf09eba4d65eeea0bb302285ea6dd49f298a496536e0f59682184c7b5"
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 1325 (2022) — Local governments; additional powers, Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy financing programs.
General Powers of local governments; additionalpowers; Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financingprograms. Changes the existing authorization for local governmentsto finance, by ordinance, clean energy, resiliency, and stormwater management programs to authorize the financing of eligible improvementsto eligible properties, as defined in the bill, under C-PACE loanprograms. The bill allows localities to delegate billing, collection,and remittance of C-PACE loan payments to a third party. The billexempts localities that have enacted C-PACE ordinances before July1, 2022, from enforcement.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0402** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0402)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105767D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1325H1)
3. **HB1325ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1325ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 22103393D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB1325)
## Votes
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N) — **81** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **184** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 28-N) — **7227** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- David A. Reid — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22103393D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1325)
- **2022-02-10** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 1-N)
- **2022-02-11** Committee substitute printed 22105767D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-11** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22105767D-H1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1325H1
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (72-Y 28-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (72-Y 28-N)
- **2022-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB1325H1)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Local Government (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Enrolled
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1325ER)
- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 402 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41787843-9d0a-4ad2-8c14-90941bc0bb7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).