republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-762.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment."
description: "Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to assess a revenue share of up to $1,400 per megawatt on any solar photovoltaic (electric energy) project with certain exceptions and expands an existing tax exemption for such projects under certain conditions. The bill authorizes such revenue share to apply to existing projects only if certain conditions are met. This bill is identical to HB 1131."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 762"
citation: "Virginia SB 762 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George L. Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aedd329-2dcd-4d77-ab82-5439a36d707d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB762"
source_hash: "6e31086e9be5cd8f3fcf0f95037e94968cf5ae13acb43f2b54b2bda21be7d67e"
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 SB 762 (2020) — Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment.

Solar energy projects; revenue share assessment. Authorizes any locality by ordinance to assess a revenue share of up to $1,400 per megawatt on any solar photovoltaic (electric energy) project with certain exceptions and expands an existing tax exemption for such projects under certain conditions. The bill authorizes such revenue share to apply to existing projects only if certain conditions are met. This bill is identical to HB 1131.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1270)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1270)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB762ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB762ER)
3. **Impact statement from TAX (SB762)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB762)
4. **Impact statement from TAX (SB762S1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB762S1)
5. **Reenrolled bill text (SB762ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB762ER2)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (48-Y 44-N) — **47–44** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption #2 (48-Y 44-N) — **47–44** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 36-N) — **57–36** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N) — **39–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George L. Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103370D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from TAX (SB762)
- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (SB762)
- **2020-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Committee substitute printed 20107247D-S1 `substitution`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from TAX (SB762S1)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Reading of substitute waived
- **2020-02-11** Committee substitute agreed to 20107247D-S1
- **2020-02-11** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB762S1
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-18** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-24** Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-27** Passed House (58-Y 36-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-27** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 36-N)
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled
- **2020-03-05** Signed by President
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-06** Impact statement from TAX (SB762ER)
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- **2020-04-22** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (39-Y 1-N)
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: Adoption (48-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** Reconsideration of Governor's recommendation agreed to
- **2020-04-22** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (48-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** VOTE: Adoption #2 (48-Y 44-N)
- **2020-04-22** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Reenrolled bill text (SB762ER2)
- **2020-04-22** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2020-04-22** Enacted, Chapter 1270 (effective 7/1/20) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3aedd329-2dcd-4d77-ab82-5439a36d707d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).