Virginia House Bill 959 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-28 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Establishing a resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to establish a two-year resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. The bill defines a "resilience hub" as 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.

Resilience hub pilot program; established.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]

Del. Alex Askew [D]

Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-28	House	Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2021 by voice vote
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-15	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-15	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102979D

HB959 (Carry Over) 2020-01-28 - Continued to 2021 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB959
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB959+hil