Virginia Senate Bill 763 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1029)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Local tax exemption; solar energy equipment. Changes the local property tax exemption for solar energy projects from an 80 percent exemption for the life of the project to a step down scale of an 80 percent exemption in the first five years, 70 percent in the second five years, and 60 percent for all remaining years in service. The change applies to solar energy projects that are either (i) projects greater than 20 megawatts and less than 150 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed with an electric utility or a regional transmission organization after January 1, 2015, and first in service on or after January 1, 2017, and (ii) projects equaling more than five megawatts and less than 150 megawatts for which an initial interconnection request form has been filed on or after January 1, 2019. The bill provides that if a locality assesses a revenue share on a project, the step down scale shall not apply. The bill extends the sunset date after which new projects may not qualify for the exemption from January 1, 2024, to July 1, 2030, and is identical to

Local tax; amount of exemption for solar energy equipment.

Sen. George Barker [D]

2020-03-08 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 39-N) (Y: 51 N: 39 NV: 10 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N) (Y: 4 N: 36 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-27 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 38-N) (Y: 58 N: 38 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - House - House: Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-10 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1029)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1029 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	Senate	Enrolled
2020-03-18	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB763ER)
2020-03-08	House	VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 39-N)
2020-03-08	House	Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 39-N)
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference substitute printed 20109839D-S2
2020-03-07		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Jones, Hudson, Kilgore
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-04	Senate	Senators: Barker, Ebbin, Chafin
2020-03-04	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-04	Senate	Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-03	House	House requested conference committee
2020-03-03	House	House insisted on substitute
2020-03-02	Senate	House substitute rejected by Senate (4-Y 36-N)
2020-02-27	House	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 38-N)
2020-02-27	House	Passed House with substitute (58-Y 38-N)
2020-02-27	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB763H1
2020-02-27	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20108890D-H1
2020-02-27	House	Read third time
2020-02-26	House	Read second time
2020-02-24	House	Committee substitute printed 20108890D-H1
2020-02-24	House	Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-14	House	Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2
2020-02-14	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-02-14	House	Read first time
2020-02-14	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB763S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20107355D-S1
2020-02-11	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-11	Senate	Read second time
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-06	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20107355D-S1
2020-02-06	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N)
2020-01-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-08	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103372D

HB1434 (Same As) 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1028)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	3660	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB763
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB763+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB763S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB763H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB763S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB763ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1029+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0251+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0457SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0520SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0521SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0522SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV0523SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H10V0350+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1568+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1350SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1512SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1833SB0763+SB0763
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2075+SB0763