Bill Text: VA HB959 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled

Virginia House Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

Prefiled

Bill Title: Resilience hub pilot program; established.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-28 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote [HB959 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2020-HB959-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 959 Offered January 8, 2020 Prefiled January 7, 2020 A BILL to establish a resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. ---------- Patron-- Bourne ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. §1. The Department of Emergency Management shall initiate a two-year pilot program designed to establish up to three resilience hubs per year in targeted, vulnerable communities, including those with high percentages of low-income or disabled persons, the elderly, and other persons for whom evacuation during an emergency situation is difficult and who may have few alternatives. For purposes of this act, a "resilience hub" is a simple combination of solar panels and batteries that ensures continuous power to a publicly accessible building when severe weather events or other grid disruptions cause an electrical outage.