Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review. (HB657)

Introduced By

Del. Steve Heretick (D-Portsmouth)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review. Provides that certain solar facilities shall be deemed to be substantially in accord with a locality's comprehensive plan if the locality waives the requirement that solar facilities be reviewed for substantial accord with the comprehensive plan. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/06/2020Committee
01/06/2020Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102662D
01/06/2020Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/11/2020Impact statement from DHCD (HB657)
01/15/2020Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/15/2020Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
01/16/2020Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
01/18/2020Impact statement from DHCD (HB657)
01/30/2020House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
01/30/2020Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
02/04/2020Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2020Committee substitute printed 20107257D-H1
02/05/2020Read first time
02/06/2020Read second time
02/06/2020Committee substitute agreed to 20107257D-H1
02/06/2020Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB657H1
02/07/2020Read third time and passed House (59-Y 41-N)
02/07/2020VOTE: Passage (59-Y 41-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2020Constitutional reading dispensed
02/10/2020Referred to Committee on Local Government
02/24/2020Reported from Local Government with substitute (10-Y 2-N) (see vote tally)
02/24/2020Committee substitute printed 20108882D-S1
02/25/2020Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/26/2020Read third time
02/26/2020Reading of substitute waived
02/26/2020Committee substitute agreed to 20108882D-S1
02/26/2020Passed by for the day
02/27/2020Passed by for the day
02/28/2020Passed by for the day
03/02/2020Passed by for the day
03/03/2020Passed by for the day
03/04/2020Read third time
03/04/2020Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB657S1
03/04/2020Passed Senate with substitute (26-Y 13-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
03/05/2020Placed on Calendar
03/05/2020Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108882D-S1 (65-Y 32-N 1-A)
03/05/2020VOTE: Adoption (65-Y 32-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
03/12/2020Enrolled
03/12/2020Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB657ER)
03/12/2020Signed by Speaker
03/12/2020Signed by President
03/17/2020Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
03/17/2020G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
04/06/2020G Approved by Governor-Chapter 665 (effective 7/1/20)
04/06/2020G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0665)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 2 minutes.

Duplicate Bills

The following bills are identical to this one: SB893.