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Bill	RPS eligible sources; falling water generation facilities.	RPS eligible sources; falling water generation facilities. Provides that, notwithstanding contrary provisions of law, any falling water generation facility, as defined in the bill, located in the Commonwealth and commencing commercial operations prior to July 1, 2024, shall be considered a renewable energy portfolio standard eligible source.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 495	Virginia SB 495 (2024)	bill		enacted	Jennifer D. Carroll Foy	4	35	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/1a237c7d-b717-4c25-b599-329075d7609c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB495	b034ab096b8af898e6e35d16437adcc67fecd87daac64393e9b10f673af34eb2	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 495 (2024) — RPS eligible sources; falling water generation facilities.

RPS eligible sources; falling water generation facilities. Provides that, notwithstanding contrary provisions of law, any falling water generation facility, as defined in the bill, located in the Commonwealth and commencing commercial operations prior to July 1, 2024, shall be considered a renewable energy portfolio standard eligible source.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0596 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106521D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104452D (committee substitute) — source
4. SB495ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) — 37–1 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) — 96–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104452D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB495)
• 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-29 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Committee substitute printed 24106521D-S1 substitution
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB495S1)
• 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-01 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24106521D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB495S1 substitution
• 2024-02-02 Passed by temporarily
• 2024-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 1-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-02-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB495ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (SB495ER)
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 596 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0596)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1a237c7d-b717-4c25-b599-329075d7609c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).