Virginia Senate Bill 179 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 5 2018 - 100% progression
Action: 2018-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Comprehensive plan; solar facilities. Provides that a solar facility subject to provisions requiring the facility to be substantially in accord with a locality's comprehensive plan shall be deemed to be substantially in accord with the comprehensive plan if (i) such proposed solar facility is located in a zoning district that allows such solar facilities by right or (ii) such proposed solar facility is designed to serve the electricity or thermal needs of the property upon which such facility is located, or will be owned or operated by an eligible customer-generator or eligible agricultural customer-generator under ?§56-594 or by a small agricultural generator under ?§56-594.2. The bill authorizes a locality to allow for a substantial accord review for other solar facilities to be advertised and approved concurrently in a public hearing process with a rezoning, special exception, or other approval process. This bill is identical to HB 509.

Comprehensive plan; solar facilities.

Sen. William Stanley [R]

2018-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2018-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-03-05		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0175)
2018-03-05		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/18)
2018-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
2018-02-26	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
2018-02-23	Senate	Signed by President
2018-02-22	House	Signed by Speaker
2018-02-22	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB179ER)
2018-02-22	Senate	Enrolled
2018-02-21	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2018-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2018-02-21	House	Read third time
2018-02-20	House	Read second time
2018-02-16	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
2018-02-08	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2018-02-08	House	Read first time
2018-02-08	House	Placed on Calendar
2018-02-05	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	Senate	Printed as engrossed 18103842D-E
2018-02-02	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB179E
2018-02-02	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2018-02-02	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2018-02-02	Senate	Read second time
2018-02-01	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2018-01-30	Senate	Reported from Local Government with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
2017-12-28	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2017-12-28	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18103842D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	2232	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB179
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB179+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB179E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB179ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+CHAP0175+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+S07V0029+SB0179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0249SB0179+SB0179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+SV0268SB0179+SB0179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H07V0090+SB0179
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+HV0894+SB0179