Virginia Senate Bill 1231 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on May 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities; Department of Forestry advisory panel; report. Removes the renewable energy requirement for each Phase I and Phase II Utility to retire all biomass-fired electric generating units that do not co-fire with coal by December 31, 2028. The bill provides that biomass-fired facilities may qualify as renewable energy standard eligible sources, provided that they are in operation as of January 1, 2023, and (i) supply no more than 10 percent of their annual net electrical generation to the electric grid or no more than 15 percent of their annual total useful energy to any entity other than the manufacturing facility to which the generating source is interconnected and are fueled by forest-product manufacturing materials harvested in accordance with best management practices or (ii) are owned by a Phase I or Phase II Utility, have less than 52 megawatts capacity, and are fueled by forest-product manufacturing residuals, biowastes, or biomass harvested in accordance with best management practices. The bill directs the Department of Forestry to convene an advisory panel to examine the use of forest-related materials, agricultural-related materials, and solid woody waste materials for biomass-fired electric generating units in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of the advisory panel's findings and any recommendations to the House Committee on Commerce and Energy and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor no later than December 1, 2024. The bill further directs the Department of Forestry to develop by December 1, 2023, best management practices for the sustainable harvesting of biomass for biomass-fired electric generating units that are subject to the provisions of the bill.

Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities, Department of Forestry advisory panel, report.

Sen. Lynwood Lewis [D]

2023-04-12 - Senate - Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #'s 1, 2, 3 (18-Y 22-N) (Y: 18 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2023-02-22 - Senate - Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (82-Y 14-N) (Y: 82 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy (21-Y 1-N) (Y: 21 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 0-N 1-A) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-12		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0804)
2023-05-12		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 804 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-04-12	Senate	Communicated to Governor
2023-04-12	Senate	Recommendation #4 passed by for the day
2023-04-12	Senate	Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #'s 1, 2, 3 (18-Y 22-N)
2023-03-27	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2023-03-13		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-13	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023
2023-03-08	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-03-08	Senate	Signed by President
2023-03-07	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1231ER)
2023-03-07	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-22	Senate	Title replaced 23106815D-H1
2023-02-22	Senate	House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	House	VOTE: Passage (82-Y 14-N)
2023-02-21	House	Passed House with substitute (82-Y 14-N)
2023-02-21	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1231H1
2023-02-21	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23106815D-H1
2023-02-21	House	Passed by temporarily
2023-02-21	House	Read third time
2023-02-20	House	Read second time
2023-02-16	House	Committee substitute printed 23106815D-H1
2023-02-16	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
2023-02-09	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-02-09	House	Read first time
2023-02-09	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-06	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1231S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105971D-S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105971D-S1
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102338D

HB2026 (Same As) 2023-05-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1231
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1231+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1231S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1231H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1231ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0804+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105971D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23106815D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1231AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1231F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1231FS1171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1231FH1171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1231FER171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S01V0046+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0212SB1231+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0265SB1231+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0165+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0175+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2122+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0760SB1231+SB1231
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV1030SB1231+SB1231