Virginia Senate Bill 160 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Passed on April 9 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-09 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

High Performance Buildings Act. Requires executive branch agencies and institutions entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to conform to Virginia Energy Conservation and Environmental Standards developed by the Department of General Services considering the U.S. Green Building Council (LEED) green building rating standard, the Green Building Initiative "Green Globes" building standard, and other appropriate requirements. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services upon a finding of special circumstances that make construction or renovation to the standards impracticable.

High Performance Buildings Act; created.

Sen. Adam Ebbin [D]

Sen. John Petersen [D]

2012-02-27 - Senate - Senate: House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (30-Y 8-N) (Y: 30 N: 8 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-22 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-16 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) (Y: 26 N: 14 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 5-N) (Y: 9 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-04-09		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0680)
2012-04-09		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 680 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-03		Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-01		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-01		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB160ER)
2012-03-01		Senate: Enrolled
2012-02-27		Senate: Title replaced 12105457D-H1
2012-02-27		Senate: House substitute with amendment agreed to by Senate (30-Y 8-N)
2012-02-24		Senate: Passed by for the day
2012-02-22		House: VOTE: PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
2012-02-22		House: Passed House with substitute with amendment (99-Y 0-N)
2012-02-22		House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment SB160H1
2012-02-22		House: Amendment by Delegate Jones agreed to
2012-02-22		House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105457D-H1
2012-02-22		House: Read third time
2012-02-21		House: Passed by for the day
2012-02-20		House: Read second time
2012-02-16		House: Committee substitute printed 12105457D-H1
2012-02-16		House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2012-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
2012-02-13		House: Read first time
2012-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-01-24		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (26-Y 14-N)
2012-01-23		Senate: Printed as engrossed 12103439D-E
2012-01-23		Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB160E
2012-01-23		Senate: Amendments by Senator Petersen agreed to
2012-01-23		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2012-01-23		Senate: Committee amendments rejected
2012-01-23		Senate: Reading of amendments waived
2012-01-23		Senate: Read second time
2012-01-20		Senate: Passed by for the day
2012-01-19		Senate: Passed by for the day
2012-01-18		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2012-01-16		Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (9-Y 5-N)
2012-01-10		Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2012-01-10		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103439D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
2	2	1182	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	1183	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB160
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB160+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB160E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB160H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB160ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0680+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S12V0009+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0035SB0160+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0088SB0160+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H11V0193+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1001+SB0160
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0653SB0160+SB0160