Virginia House Bill 1859 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Enrolled on February 8 2021 - 75% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1859ER)
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Local financing of clean energy and other programs; when owner costs are incurred. Changes the parameters for local ordinances authorizing loan contracts for the installation by property owners of clean energy, resiliency, or stormwater management improvements. The bill provides that if the property owner incurred the costs of improvements to be refinanced or reimbursed within two years of the locality's issuance of a certificate of occupancy or other evidence that the clean energy, resiliency, or stormwater management improvements comply substantially with the plans and specifications previously approved by the locality, the loan amount may include the total costs of the improvements to be refinanced or reimbursed. The bill removes the requirement that the applicable local ordinance include the proposed interest rate for the loan program and the maximum aggregate dollar amount that may be financed with respect to a property, and it provides that no loan offered under the program shall be used to improve a residential dwelling that contains fewer than five dwelling units or a residential condominium. The bill alters the fee options available to the locality and provides that the placement of a voluntary special assessment lien does not require a new assessment of the value of the real property. The bill contains technical amendments. Local financing of clean energy and other programs; when owner costs are incurred. Changes the parameters for local ordinances authorizing loan contracts for the installation by property owners of clean energy, resiliency, or stormwater management improvements. The bill provides that if the property owner incurred the costs of improvements to be refinanced or reimbursed within two years of the locality's issuance of a certificate of occupancy or other evidence that the clean energy, resiliency, or stormwater management improvements comply substantially with the plans and specifications previously approved by the locality, the loan amount may include the total costs of the improvements to be refinanced or reimbursed. The bill removes the requirement that the applicable local ordinance include the proposed interest rate for the loan program and the maximum aggregate dollar amount that may be financed with respect to a property, and it provides that no loan offered under the program shall be used to improve a residential dwelling that contains fewer than five dwelling units or a residential condominium. The bill alters the fee options available to the locality and provides that the placement of a voluntary special assessment lien does not require a new assessment of the value of the real property. The bill contains technical amendments.

Clean energy and other programs; local financing when owner costs are incurred.

Del. Nancy Guy [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Sen. Suhas Subramanyam [D]
Sen. Angelia Williams Graves [D]

2021-02-03 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (26-Y 12-N 1-A) (Y: 26 N: 12 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N 2-A) (Y: 11 N: 2 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N) (Y: 61 N: 38 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-15 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1859ER)
2021-02-08	House	Enrolled
2021-02-03	Senate	Passed Senate (26-Y 12-N 1-A)
2021-02-03	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Reported from Local Government (11-Y 2-N 2-A)
2021-01-21	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2021-01-21	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-20	House	VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N)
2021-01-20	House	Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N)
2021-01-19	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1859H1
2021-01-19	House	Committee substitute agreed to 21103098D-H1
2021-01-19	House	Read second time
2021-01-18	House	Read first time
2021-01-15	House	Committee substitute printed 21103098D-H1
2021-01-15	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
2021-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2021-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101155D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	958.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+HB1859
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1859+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1859H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+HB1859ER+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103098D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+H07V0010+HB1859
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+HV0981+HB1859
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S07V0027+HB1859
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0250HB1859+HB1859
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0269HB1859+HB1859