Virginia House Bill 573 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Community solar development pilot program; low-income communities. Requires each incumbent electric utility to select for dedication to its community solar development pilot program one or more eligible generating facilities that are located within a low-income community as a condition for the utility's selection for dedication to its program any eligible generating facility that is located outside a low-income community. The bill requires the costs of the selected facilities in low-income communities to equal or exceed the costs of the eligible generating facility that is located outside a low-income community. These requirements apply to facilities selected on or after July 1, 2020. The bill defines a low-income community as a census tract that is designated in 2019 or thereafter as a qualified census tract for purposes of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. Such census tracts are required to have 50 percent of households with incomes below 60 percent of the area median gross income or have a poverty rate of 25 percent or more.

Community solar development pilot program; low-income communities.

Del. Mark Keam [D]

Del. Chris Hurst [D]

Del. Shelly Simonds [D]

Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) (Y: 27 N: 13 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A) (Y: 25 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N) (Y: 90 N: 8 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 1-N) (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0663)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 663 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB573ER)
2020-03-04	House	Enrolled
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (27-Y 13-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (25-Y 14-N 1-A)
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-24	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N)
2020-02-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-10	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (90-Y 8-N)
2020-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (90-Y 8-N)
2020-02-06	House	Read second time and engrossed
2020-02-05	House	Read first time
2020-02-04	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 1-N)
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-15	House	Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100585D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB573
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB573+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB573ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0663+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1403V0026+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0169+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0578+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0204+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0573+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1187HB0573+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1201HB0573+HB0573
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1202HB0573+HB0573