republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-499.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable energy facilities; SCC shall create a task force to analyze life cycle."
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 HB 774."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 499"
citation: "Virginia SB 499 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcb51991-d61f-401c-b97f-0ebfa70c009f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB499"
source_hash: "3532cd603c9002f9434bab0281d2486a87149aa1ff82371e0042dae7c99744f0"
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 SB 499 (2022) — Renewable energy facilities; SCC shall create a task force to analyze life cycle.

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 HB 774.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0069** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0069)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22106456D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB499S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102112D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB499)
4. **SB499ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB499ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102112D `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB499)
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-08** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-10** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute printed 22106456D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-02-14** Committee substitute agreed to 22106456D-S1
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB499S1
- **2022-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-21** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-02-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-21** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (SB499S1)
- **2022-02-24** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-01** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-01** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Enrolled
- **2022-03-04** Signed by President
- **2022-03-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-08** Impact statement from SCC (SB499ER)
- **2022-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
- **2022-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-01** Approved by Governor-Chapter 69 (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/bcb51991-d61f-401c-b97f-0ebfa70c009f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).