Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report. (SB1027)
Introduced By
Sen. Lynwood Lewis (D-Accomac) with support from co-patron Sen. Jennifer Boysko (D-Herndon)
Progress
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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
Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; fund. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to incorporate into regulations previously adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board certain provisions establishing a carbon dioxide cap and trade program to reduce emissions released by electric generation facilities. Such provisions are required to comply with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative model rule. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to establish, implement, and manage an auction program to sell allowances into a market-based trading program. The bill requires revenues from the sale of carbon allowances, to the extent permitted by Article X, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia, to be deposited in an interest-bearing account and to be distributed without further appropriation (i) to the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; (ii) to the Department of Housing and Community Development for low-income energy efficiency programs; (iii) for administrative expenses; and (iv) to the Department of Housing and Community Development in partnership with the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to administer and implement low-income energy efficiency programs. The bill authorizes any locality using moneys in the Fund to provide a loan for a project in a low-income geographic area to forgive the principal of such loan, with the obligation of the locality to repay the loan remaining in effect. The bill also provides that if the Governor seeks to include the Commonwealth as a full participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the regulations shall require that certain purchasers be responsible for obtaining allowances under certain agreements. The bill authorizes the costs of allowances to be recovered by Phase I and Phase II Utilities from ratepayers and continues the Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund as the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund for the purpose of creating a low-interest loan program to help inland and coastal communities that are subject to recurrent or repetitive flooding. This bill is identical to HB 981. Read the Bill »
Outcome
History
Date | Action |
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01/16/2020 | Presented and ordered printed 20105571D |
01/16/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
01/17/2020 | Introduced bill reprinted 20105571D |
02/04/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20107677D-S1 |
02/04/2020 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
02/04/2020 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
02/06/2020 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (12-Y 4-N) (see vote tally) |
02/10/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2020 | Read second time |
02/11/2020 | Reading of substitute waived |
02/11/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20107677D-S1 |
02/11/2020 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/11/2020 | Amendments by Senator McDougle rejected (19-Y 21-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2020 | Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1027S1 |
02/11/2020 | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/11/2020 | Passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (see vote tally) |
02/14/2020 | Placed on Calendar |
02/14/2020 | Read first time |
02/14/2020 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
02/19/2020 | Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
02/19/2020 | Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce |
02/20/2020 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
02/20/2020 | Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/20/2020 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
02/20/2020 | Committee substitute printed 20108808D-H1 |
02/21/2020 | Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (see vote tally) |
02/25/2020 | Read second time |
02/25/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1027H1) |
02/26/2020 | Read third time |
02/26/2020 | Committee substitute agreed to 20108808D-H1 |
02/26/2020 | Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1027H1 |
02/26/2020 | Passed House with substitute (51-Y 47-N) |
02/26/2020 | VOTE: Passage (51-Y 47-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2020 | House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
02/26/2020 | Title replaced 20108808D-H1 |
03/04/2020 | Enrolled |
03/04/2020 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1027ER) |
03/04/2020 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1027ER) |
03/05/2020 | Signed by President |
03/06/2020 | Signed by Speaker |
03/12/2020 | Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020 |
03/12/2020 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020 |
04/11/2020 | Governor's recommendation received by Senate |
04/22/2020 | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (23-Y 17-N) (see vote tally) |
04/22/2020 | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (47-Y 45-N) |
04/22/2020 | VOTE: (47-Y 45-N) |
04/22/2020 | G Governor's recommendation adopted |
04/22/2020 | Reenrolled |
04/22/2020 | Reenrolled bill text (SB1027ER2) |
04/22/2020 | Signed by President as reenrolled |
04/22/2020 | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
04/22/2020 | Enacted, Chapter 1280 (effective 7/1/20) |
04/22/2020 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1280) |
05/01/2020 | VOTE: (47-Y 45-N) |