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type: "Bill"
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title: "Renewable energy facilities; SCC shall create a task force to analyze life cycle."
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description: "Life cycle of renewable energy facilities; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality, to create a task force to analyze the life cycle of renewable energy facilities in the Commonwealth. The State Corporation Commission shall report the findings of the task force to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than May 1, 2023. This bill is identical to SB 499."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "HB 774"
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citation: "Virginia HB 774 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-11"
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last_action: "2022-04-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/460551d6-367a-464a-b67a-276b7d9fe344"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB774"
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source_hash: "96c1fe21b645b54dd5e0b86587b74ee5528e575ce6e7c9dd55218378b98783ac"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 774 (2022) — Renewable energy facilities; SCC shall create a task force to analyze life cycle.
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Life cycle of renewable energy facilities; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in consultation with the Department of Energy and the Department of Environmental Quality, to create a task force to analyze the life cycle of renewable energy facilities in the Commonwealth. The State Corporation Commission shall report the findings of the task force to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than May 1, 2023. This bill is identical to SB 499.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0070** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0070)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105192D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB774H1)
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3. **HB774ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB774ER)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101727D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB774)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101727D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-20** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-01-27** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105192D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22105192D-H1
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- **2022-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB774H1
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- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from SCC (HB774H1)
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- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-18** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-21** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2022-02-28** Enrolled
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- **2022-02-28** Impact statement from SCC (HB774ER)
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 70 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/460551d6-367a-464a-b67a-276b7d9fe344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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