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Bill Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, small renewable energy projects, anaerobic tech., report. Air Pollution Control Board regulations; small renewable energy projects; anaerobic digestion technology; report. Provides that for the purposes of a permit by rule for a small renewable energy project under existing law, a small renewable energy project includes an electrical generation facility in a locality in Planning District 8 with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity from biomass, energy from waste, or municipal solid waste and its dedicated associated interconnection facilities, provided that such facility is capable of processing the majority of its organic waste, including food waste and municipal sludge, with anaerobic digestion technology by January 1, 2030. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with relevant stakeholders, to (i) assess all practicable technologies available to waste-to-energy facilities to reduce carbon dioxide and methane emissions, (ii) assess technologies to create biomethane, and (iii) recommend any legislative changes necessary to create market conditions to ensure the viability of such program. The bill also directs the Department to report its findings to the Air Pollution Control Board by December 1, 2026. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 645 Virginia SB 645 (2026)
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Virginia SB 645 (2026) — Air Pollution Control Board; regulations, small renewable energy projects, anaerobic tech., report.

Air Pollution Control Board regulations; small renewable energy projects; anaerobic digestion technology; report. Provides that for the purposes of a permit by rule for a small renewable energy project under existing law, a small renewable energy project includes an electrical generation facility in a locality in Planning District 8 with a rated capacity not exceeding 100 megawatts that generates electricity from biomass, energy from waste, or municipal solid waste and its dedicated associated interconnection facilities, provided that such facility is capable of processing the majority of its organic waste, including food waste and municipal sludge, with anaerobic digestion technology by January 1, 2030. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality, in coordination with relevant stakeholders, to (i) assess all practicable technologies available to waste-to-energy facilities to reduce carbon dioxide and methane emissions, (ii) assess technologies to create biomethane, and (iii) recommend any legislative changes necessary to create market conditions to ensure the viability of such program. The bill also directs the Department to report its findings to the Air Pollution Control Board by December 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  5. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
  6. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  7. Natural Resources Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 87–10 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
  • Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
  • Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 20–2 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 93–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102504D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB645)
  • 2026-02-10 Senate committee offered
  • 2026-02-10 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-12 Committee substitute printed 26107665D-S1 substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-13 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
  • 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
  • 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB645)
  • 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-19 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-02-24 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-25 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-25 Committee substitute printed 26108639D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-26 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-03-02 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-02 Committee substitute printed 26108798D-H2 substitution
  • 2026-03-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-05 committee substitute rejected
  • 2026-03-05 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-03-05 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-05 Passed House with substitute (93-Y 5-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB645)
  • 2026-03-09 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-10 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2026-03-10 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-11 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-11 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2026-03-11 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Williams Graves, Pekarsky
  • 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Tran, Simonds, Ware
  • 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
  • 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (87-Y 10-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2026-03-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB645)
  • 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB645ER) passage
  • 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB645)
  • 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
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 901 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd2e3143-2545-4ac0-898a-5194eb70561f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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