Green Buildings Act; Department of General Services determines when project qualifies for exemption. (SB447)
Introduced By
Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) with support from 10 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Bob Hull (D-Falls Church), Del. Brian Moran (D-Alexandria), Del. Jim Scott (D-Merrifield), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria), Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Burke), Sen. Toddy Puller (D-Mount Vernon)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Department of General Services; capital outlay projects; LEED standards applicable to certain buildings. Requires all state-owned buildings that encompass a total of area of over 10,000 square feet 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. 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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01/09/2008 | Passed Senate with amendment |
01/09/2008 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087981293 |
01/09/2008 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
01/22/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (SB447) |
01/30/2008 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
01/31/2008 | Committee substitute printed 082394293-S1 |
02/01/2008 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2008 | Read second time |
02/04/2008 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/04/2008 | Committee substitute agreed to 082394293-S1 |
02/04/2008 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB447S1 |
02/05/2008 | Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/05/2008 | Communicated to House |
02/12/2008 | Placed on Calendar |
02/12/2008 | Read first time |
02/12/2008 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
02/13/2008 | Assigned GL sub: FOIA |
02/20/2008 | Impact statement from DPB (SB447S1) |
03/03/2008 | Left in General Laws |
Comments
Requires all state-owned buildings that encompass a total of area of over 10,000 square feet 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. The provisions of the bill do not apply to construction projects of public school districts.