Virginia House Bill 741 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Environmental Quality; nuclear energy electric generation facilities; permitting. Redefines "small renewable energy projects" as "small clean energy projects" and adds an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 300 megawatts that generates electricity only from nuclear energy located in Planning District 1 (LENOWISCO), 2 (Cumberland Plateau), 3 (Mount Rogers), or 4 (New River Valley Region) to the definition for purposes of the regulation of such projects by the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill requires the Department to limit the permitting of such facilities pursuant to the definition and directs the Department to develop the applicable permit by rule regulations for such nuclear energy projects to be effective as soon as practicable.

Nuclear energy electric generation facilities; permitting.

Del. Israel O'Quinn [R]

2024-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2024-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (6-Y 4-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102833D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1197.11	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1197.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1197.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1197.7	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1197.8	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB741
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB741+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106627D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1403V0012+HB0741