Green Public Buildings Act; created. (SB109)
Introduced By
Sen. Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✗ |
Passed Committee |
☐ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
☐ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
Became Law |
Description
Green Public 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 the LEED Silver or Green Globes two globe standard. 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. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Failed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/06/2010 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10100337D |
| 01/06/2010 | Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology |
| 01/20/2010 | Passed by for the day in General Laws and Technology |
| 01/20/2010 | Impact statement from DPB (SB109) |
| 01/27/2010 | Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/27/2010 | Committee substitute printed 10104696D-S1 |
| 01/27/2010 | Rereferred to Finance |
| 02/02/2010 | Impact statement from DPB (SB109S1) |
| 02/11/2010 | Reported from Finance with amendment (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2010 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2010 | Read second time |
| 02/16/2010 | Reading of substitute waived |
| 02/16/2010 | Committee substitute agreed to 10104696D-S1 |
| 02/16/2010 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/16/2010 | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/16/2010 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB109ES1 |
| 02/16/2010 | Printed as engrossed 10104696D-ES1 |
| 02/16/2010 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2010 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/17/2010 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/17/2010 | Read first time |
| 02/17/2010 | Referred to Committee on General Laws |
| 02/18/2010 | Impact statement from DPB (SB109ES1) |
| 02/24/2010 | Assigned GL sub: #2 FOIA/Procurement |
| 02/25/2010 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) |
| 02/25/2010 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 03/02/2010 | Reported from General Laws (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 03/02/2010 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 03/14/2010 | Left in Appropriations |
Comments
The Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, and their program Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, support this bill.