republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2192.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public school buildings and facilities; modernization."
description: "Provides that it is the legislative intent that public school buildings and facilities be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed, and allows local school boards to enter into leases with private entities to achieve that goal if the school board owns or operates a school building or facility that has been properly modernized, generates energy derived from sunlight, and if the solar generating facility is properly interconnected. The bill also provides that private entities that contract with local school boards to modernize public school buildings and facilities may receive financing from the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2192"
citation: "Virginia HB 2192 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administration of Government", "Education", "Public Service Companies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nick Rush"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e621b42-647f-41cd-a211-86767bd42466"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2192"
source_hash: "beb225658faa049035d157f3c21ec8c9df3d3dad276dcec7de73a9aaa0e697e1"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2192 (2019) — Public school buildings and facilities; modernization.

Provides that it is the legislative intent that public school buildings and facilities be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed, and allows local school boards to enter into leases with private entities to achieve that goal if the school board owns or operates a school building or facility that has been properly modernized, generates energy derived from sunlight, and if the solar generating facility is properly interconnected. The bill also provides that private entities that contract with local school boards to modernize public school buildings and facilities may receive financing from the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0819)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0819)
2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2192)
3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2192ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2192ER)
4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19106018D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2192H1)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103166D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2192)
6. **Senate amendments engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2192ASE)
7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107053D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2192S1)

## Votes

- Reported from Education and Health with substitute — **13–1** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute with amendment — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 19107053D-S1 — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nick Rush — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103166D `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 19106018D-H1
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2192H1
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2019-02-18** Committee substitute agreed to 19107053D-S1
- **2019-02-18** Reading of amendment waived
- **2019-02-18** Amendment by Senator Stanley agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment HB2192S1
- **2019-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2019-02-19** Senate substitute with amendment agreed to by House 19107053D-S1 (96-Y 1-N)
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 819 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6e621b42-647f-41cd-a211-86767bd42466`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).