VA SB290 | 2022 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 11 2022 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-02-24 - Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (10-Y 12-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Summary

Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready, cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. However, the provisions of the bill do not apply to localities with a population of less than 100,000 until July 1, 2023. The bill also requires new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to, after notice is given to the governing body, be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2023. Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready, cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. However, the provisions of the bill do not apply to localities with a population of less than 100,000 until July 1, 2023. The bill also requires new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to, after notice is given to the governing body, be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2023.

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Title

State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2022-02-24 - House - House: Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (10-Y 12-N) (Y: 10 N: 12 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2022-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2022-02-09 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (Y: 8 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2022-02-24HouseFailed to report (defeated) in General Laws (10-Y 12-N)
2022-02-24HouseFailed to refer to Committee on Appropriations
2022-02-21HouseReferred to Committee on General Laws
2022-02-21HouseRead first time
2022-02-21HousePlaced on Calendar
2022-02-14SenateRead third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2022-02-11SenateEngrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB290S1
2022-02-11SenateCommittee substitute agreed to 22106369D-S1
2022-02-11SenateReading of substitute waived
2022-02-11SenateRead second time
2022-02-10SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2022-02-09SenateCommittee substitute printed 22106369D-S1
2022-02-09SenateReported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 6-N)
2022-01-11SenateReferred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2022-01-11SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103777D

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1521804.1(n/a)See Bill Text
221183(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB290
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB290+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB290S1+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/22106369D.pdf
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB290F164+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB290F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+oth+SB290FS1122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+S12V0095+SB0290
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0318SB0290+SB0290
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+SV0374SB0290+SB0290
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+vot+H11V0210+SB0290

Bill Comments

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