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| Bill | Smart Solar Permitting Platform; established, residential solar energy systems. | Smart Solar Permitting Platform established; residential solar energy systems; work group; report. Creates the Smart Solar Permitting Platform (the Platform) to serve as a tool for (i) contractors to obtain permits for the construction of streamline-eligible residential solar energy systems and (ii) localities to process applications for such permits. The bill requires the Department of Energy to establish, launch, and administer the Platform by July 1, 2027, as an internet-based platform that automates plan review and instantly releases a permit or a permit revision to construct certain residential solar energy systems that comply with any applicable building codes and state laws. The bill requires localities to allow contractors to submit an application to construct a residential solar energy system through the Platform or through an alternative automated solar permitting platform by July 1, 2028. The bill requires any locality that chooses to use an alternative automated solar permitting platform to submit an annual report to the Department no later than March 1 of each year. The bill directs the Director of the Department to convene a work group to determine the appropriateness of adding a surcharge to local government permitting fees to defray state costs for the Platform and to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 382. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 590 | Virginia HB 590 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 590 (2026) — Smart Solar Permitting Platform; established, residential solar energy systems.
Smart Solar Permitting Platform established; residential solar energy systems; work group; report. Creates the Smart Solar Permitting Platform (the Platform) to serve as a tool for (i) contractors to obtain permits for the construction of streamline-eligible residential solar energy systems and (ii) localities to process applications for such permits. The bill requires the Department of Energy to establish, launch, and administer the Platform by July 1, 2027, as an internet-based platform that automates plan review and instantly releases a permit or a permit revision to construct certain residential solar energy systems that comply with any applicable building codes and state laws. The bill requires localities to allow contractors to submit an application to construct a residential solar energy system through the Platform or through an alternative automated solar permitting platform by July 1, 2028. The bill requires any locality that chooses to use an alternative automated solar permitting platform to submit an annual report to the Department no later than March 1 of each year. The bill directs the Director of the Department to convene a work group to determine the appropriateness of adding a surcharge to local government permitting fees to defray state costs for the Platform and to report its findings to the General Assembly on or before November 1, 2026. This bill is identical to SB 382.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 60–34 (pass) · lower
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–2 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 64–33 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 0–98 (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 8–6 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 23–17 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Laura Jane Cohen — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102512D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-01-29 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (8-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2026-02-03 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-03 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Committee substitute printed 26106636D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB590)
- 2026-02-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB590)
- 2026-02-11 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2026-02-11 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-02-11 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107463D-H2
substitution - 2026-02-13 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute rejected
- 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB590)
- 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26108986D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB590)
- 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 98-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Hernandez, Nivar, Runion
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Boysko, Peake
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB590)
- 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB590ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB590)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 633 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0633)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df8513c6-1119-4ed2-9e02-3ed943dfe478. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).