Virginia House Bill 1305 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Passed on March 11 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Sales and use tax exemption and real and personal property tax exemption; solar and wind energy equipment, facilities, and devices. Provides a sales and use tax exemption for machinery, tools, and equipment of a public service corporation used to generate energy derived from sunlight or wind, which expires June 30, 2027. The bill also alters the types of projects of solar photovoltaic (electric energy) systems that qualify for the real and personal property tax exemptions on photovoltaic equipment and facilities. The full exemption is for such equipment and facilities used in (i) projects equaling 20 megawatts or less for which an initial interconnection request form is filed on or before December 31, 2018; (ii) projects equaling 20 megawatts or less that serve a public institution of higher education or a private college; and (iii) projects equaling 5 megawatts or less for which an initial interconnection request form is filed on or after January 1, 2019. The exemption is for 80% of the assessed value of such equipment and facilities used in (a) projects greater than 20 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed with an electric utility or a regional transmission organization after January 1, 2015, and first in service on or after January 1, 2017, and (b) projects greater than 5 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form is filed on or after January 1, 2019. Under current law, the property tax exemption is for projects equaling 20 megawatts or less. The bill provides that the exemption for projects greater than 20 megawatts shall not apply to projects upon which construction begins after January 1, 2024. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2017.

Solar and wind energy equipment, etc.; tax exemptions.

Del. Jackson Miller [R]	Del. Kathy Byron [R]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. David Yancey [R]	Del. Joseph Yost [R]

2016-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (86-Y 6-N 2-A) (Y: 88 N: 7 NV: 6 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 2-N 1-A) (Y: 37 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-03-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 9-N 1-A) (Y: 90 N: 10 NV: 2 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-15 - House - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 1-N) (Y: 20 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2016-02-12 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N) (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0346)
2016-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 346 (effective 1/1/17)
2016-03-07		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, Sunday, April 10, 2016
2016-03-07	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/7/2016
2016-03-04		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 11, 2016
2016-03-04	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 3/4/16
2016-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate reprinted (HB1305ER)
2016-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2016-03-03	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-03-03	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1305ER)
2016-03-03	House	Enrolled
2016-03-02	House	VOTE: ADOPTION (86-Y 6-N 2-A)
2016-03-02	House	Senate amendment agreed to by House (86-Y 6-N 2-N)
2016-03-02	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (37-Y 2-N 1-A)
2016-03-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2016-03-02	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2016-03-02	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2016-03-02	Senate	Read third time
2016-03-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2016-03-01	Senate	Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 0-N 1-A)
2016-02-22	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance
2016-02-22	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2016-02-19	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 9-N 1-A)
2016-02-19	House	Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N 1-A)
2016-02-18	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1305H1
2016-02-18	House	Committee substitute agreed to 16105334D-H1
2016-02-18	House	Read second time
2016-02-17	House	Passed by for the day
2016-02-16	House	Read first time
2016-02-15	House	Committee substitute printed 16105334D-H1
2016-02-15	House	Reported from Finance with substitute (20-Y 1-N)
2016-02-12	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (5-Y 0-N)
2016-01-28	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
2016-01-21	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2016-01-21	House	Presented and ordered printed 16104142D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	3660	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3661	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	609.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+HB1305
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1305+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1305H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+HB1305ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0346+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H1003V0025+HB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H10V0097+HB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0731+HB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S05V0229+HB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0784HB1305+HB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0788HB1305+HB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV1135+HB1305