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| Bill | Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition. | Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition. Provides a definition of "agrivoltaics" for the purposes of small renewable energy projects. This bill incorporates HB 899 and is identical to SB 340. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 508 | Virginia HB 508 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 508 (2026) — Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition.
Small renewable energy projects; agrivoltaics definition. Provides a definition of "agrivoltaics" for the purposes of small renewable energy projects. This bill incorporates HB 899 and is identical to SB 340.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 28–12 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 66–30 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- John Chilton McAuliff — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- JJ Singh — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105357D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB508)
- 2026-02-03 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Incorporates HB899 (Shin)
- 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107142D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-10 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 30-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB508)
- 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day
- 2026-03-02 Passed Senate (28-Y 12-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB508ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB508)
- 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 156 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0156)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/297f8ff9-d371-4fb0-a890-9900f2cbc575. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).