Virginia Senate Bill 1207 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on March 11 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements and special exceptions throughout the Commonwealth. Expands existing provisions related to siting agreements and zoning special exceptions for solar projects located in an opportunity zone to include energy storage projects and makes the provisions statewide. The bill provides that its provisions shall not apply to any energy storage project that has received zoning and site plan approval, preliminary or otherwise, from the host locality before January 1, 2021. The bill also provides that its provisions shall not become effective with respect to energy storage projects unless the General Assembly approves legislation that authorizes localities to adopt an ordinance for taxation of energy storage projects such as solar projects with a local option for machinery and tools tax or solar revenue share.

Solar and energy storage projects; siting agreements throughout the Commonwealth.

Sen. George Barker [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2021-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (81-Y 15-N 2-A) (Y: 81 N: 15 NV: 2 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-29 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-11		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058)
2021-03-11		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 58 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
2021-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-26	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1207ER)
2021-02-26	Senate	Enrolled
2021-02-24	House	VOTE: Passage (81-Y 15-N 2-A)
2021-02-24	House	Passed House (81-Y 15-N 2-A)
2021-02-24	House	Passed by temporarily
2021-02-24	House	Read third time
2021-02-23	House	Read second time
2021-02-19	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N)
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
2021-02-02	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2021-02-02	House	Read first time
2021-02-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-01-29	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1207S1
2021-01-28	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 21103169D-S1
2021-01-28	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-01-28	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-01-26	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2021-01-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-18	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21103169D-S1
2021-01-18	Senate	Reported from Local Government with substitute (14-Y 1-N)
2021-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2021-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102067D

SB1207 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns by voice vote
HB2201 (Same As) 2021-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)
HB2201 (Same As) 2021-03-11 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0057)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2316.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	2316.9	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1207
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1207+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1207S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1207ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0058+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S07C0006+SB1207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S05C0062+SB1207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0148SB1207+SB1207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SC0176SB1207+SB1207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H07V0012+SB1207
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1929+SB1207