Green Buildings Act; created, report. (HB2555)
Introduced By
Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria) with support from 14 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Kris Amundson (D-Mount Vernon), Del. Bob Brink (D-Arlington), Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Danny Marshall (R-Danville), Del. Brian Moran (D-Alexandria), Del. Bud Phillips (D-Castlewood), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Onzlee Ware (D-Roanoke), Sen. John Edwards (D-Roanoke), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Department of General Services; Green Buildings Act. Requires all major facility projects of state agencies to be constructed to meet the United States Green Building Council Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) silver certification standard, unless granted an exemption by the Director of the Department of General Services. Such projects will not be required to obtain official LEED certification. Application of the requirement will be phased in over the next three years based on the square footage of the project. The provisions of the bill do not apply to construction projects of public school districts. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/09/2007 | Committee |
01/09/2007 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/07 071550300 |
01/09/2007 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
01/15/2007 | Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement (Marshall, D.) |
01/19/2007 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2555) |
02/01/2007 | Letter sent to Housing Study Commission |