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| Bill | Tax, local; solar facility exemption. | Local tax; solar facility exemption. Provides that any solar facility installed (i) on the roof of a residential dwelling or a structure on an agricultural zoned property in order to serve the electricity needs of the property upon which the facility is located and (ii) pursuant to existing local regulation of solar facilities laws is declared a separate class of property and shall be classified for local taxation separately from other classifications of real or personal property. Such facilities shall be wholly exempt from state and local taxation under the Constitution of Virginia. The exemption applies only to solar facilities with a nameplate generating capacity of not more than 25 kilowatts. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2022 | SB 686 | Virginia SB 686 (2022) |
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Virginia SB 686 (2022) — Tax, local; solar facility exemption.
Local tax; solar facility exemption. Provides that any solar facility installed (i) on the roof of a residential dwelling or a structure on an agricultural zoned property in order to serve the electricity needs of the property upon which the facility is located and (ii) pursuant to existing local regulation of solar facilities laws is declared a separate class of property and shall be classified for local taxation separately from other classifications of real or personal property. Such facilities shall be wholly exempt from state and local taxation under the Constitution of Virginia. The exemption applies only to solar facilities with a nameplate generating capacity of not more than 25 kilowatts. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2023.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0496 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 22106931D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 22103937D (committee substitute) — source
- SB686ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 9-N) — 12–9 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N) — 66–32 (pass) · lower
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2022-01-20 Presented and ordered printed 22103937D
introduction - 2022-01-20 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2022-01-24 Impact statement from TAX (SB686)
- 2022-02-01 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-02-03 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2022-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2022-02-21 Placed on Calendar
- 2022-02-21 Read first time
reading-1 - 2022-02-21 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2022-02-23 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2022-02-23 Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
committee-passage - 2022-02-23 Committee substitute printed 22106931D-H1
substitution - 2022-02-25 Read second time
reading-2 - 2022-02-28 Read third time
reading-3 - 2022-02-28 Committee substitute agreed to 22106931D-H1
- 2022-02-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB686H1
- 2022-02-28 Passed House with substitute (66-Y 33-N)
passage - 2022-02-28 VOTE: Passage (66-Y 33-N)
- 2022-03-02 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 2022-03-02 Title replaced 22106931D-H1
- 2022-03-07 Enrolled
- 2022-03-08 Impact statement from TAX (SB686ER)
- 2022-03-08 Signed by President
- 2022-03-08 Signed by Speaker
- 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 496 (effective 1/1/23)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d388bb28-ec1b-466d-8d1f-febdd5992896. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).