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

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/09/2008Passed Senate with amendment
01/09/2008Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 087981293
01/09/2008Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/22/2008Impact statement from DPB (SB447)
01/30/2008Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2008Committee substitute printed 082394293-S1
02/01/2008Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2008Read second time
02/04/2008Reading of substitute waived
02/04/2008Committee substitute agreed to 082394293-S1
02/04/2008Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB447S1
02/05/2008Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/05/2008Communicated to House
02/12/2008Placed on Calendar
02/12/2008Read first time
02/12/2008Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/13/2008Assigned GL sub: FOIA
02/20/2008Impact statement from DPB (SB447S1)
03/03/2008Left in General Laws

Comments

Virginia ITSP Association, tracking this bill in Photosynthesis, notes:

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.