VA HB2037 | 2025 | Regular Session
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: Enrolled on February 19 2025 - 75% progression
Action: 2025-02-22 - Signed by President
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Status: Enrolled on February 19 2025 - 75% progression
Action: 2025-02-22 - Signed by President
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]
Summary
Land development; solar canopies in parking areas. Provides that any locality may include in its land development ordinances a provision that requires that an applicant must install a solar canopy over designated surface parking areas. Such provisions shall apply only to nonresidential parking areas with 100 parking spaces or more and may require coverage of up to 50 percent of the surface parking area. The bill provides that localities shall allow for deviations, in whole or in part, from the requirements of the ordinance when its strict application would prevent the development of uses and densities otherwise allowed by the locality's zoning or development ordinance. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.
Title
Land development; solar canopies in surface parking areas.
Sponsors
| Del. David Bulova [D] | Del. David Reid [D] | Del. Betsy Carr [D] | Del. Paul Krizek [D] |
| Del. Richard Sullivan [D] | Del. Rodney Willett [D] |
Roll Calls
2025-02-12 - Senate - Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) (Y: 21 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-11 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-10 - Senate - Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - House - Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (17-Y 3-N) (Y: 17 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-02-11 - Senate - Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-02-10 - Senate - Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-01-24 - House - Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (17-Y 3-N) (Y: 17 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-01-23 - House - Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-22 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER) |
| 2025-02-19 | House | Enrolled |
| 2025-02-14 | House | Senate Amendments agreed to by House (Y-62 N-34 A-0) |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Passed by temporarily |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Local Government Amendments agreed to |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Reading of amendments waived |
| 2025-02-12 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Passed by for the day |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Rules suspended |
| 2025-02-10 | Senate | Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Local Government |
| 2025-01-31 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) |
| 2025-01-30 | House | Read third time and passed House (64-Y 32-N) |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Engrossed by House - committee substitute |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute agreed to |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Read second time |
| 2025-01-28 | House | Read first time |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Committee substitute printed 25105582D-H1 |
| 2025-01-24 | House | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (17-Y 3-N) |
| 2025-01-23 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) |
| 2025-01-15 | House | Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2 |
| 2025-01-07 | House | Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns |
| 2025-01-07 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104573D |
