Virginia Senate Bill 561 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-02-06 - Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Department of Environmental Quality; nuclear energy electrical generation facilities; permitting. Adds an electrical generation facility with a rated capacity not exceeding 300 megawatts that generates electricity only from nuclear energy located in Planning District 1 (LENOWISCO), 2 (Cumberland Plateau), 3 (Mount Rogers), or 4 (New River Valley Region) to the definition of small renewable energy project for purposes of the regulation of such projects by the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill requires the Department to limit the permitting of such facilities pursuant to the definition and directs the Department to develop the applicable permit by rule regulations for such nuclear energy projects to be effective as soon as practicable.

Nuclear energy electrical generation facilities; permitting.

Sen. Travis Hackworth [R]

2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-06	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 0-N)
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2024-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105064D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1197.5	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1197.6	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB561
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB561+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106667D.pdf
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S01V0050+SB0561