State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc. (SB290)

Introduced By

Sen. Barbara Favola (D-Arlington) with support from co-patron Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean)

Progress

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

Description

Solar-ready roofs for certain government buildings; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality entering the design phase for the construction of a new building greater than 5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a building where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-ready, cool, or energy-efficient roof, defined in the bill. However, the provisions of the bill do not apply to localities with a population of less than 100,000 until July 1, 2023. The bill also requires new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities where the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the building to, after notice is given to the governing body, be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2023. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/11/2022Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103777D
01/11/2022Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
01/24/2022Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB290CHP)
01/28/2022Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB290)
01/28/2022Impact statement from DPB (SB290)
02/09/2022Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
02/09/2022Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (8-Y 6-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2022Committee substitute printed 22106369D-S1
02/10/2022Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/11/2022Impact statement from DPB (SB290S1)
02/11/2022Read second time
02/11/2022Reading of substitute waived
02/11/2022Committee substitute agreed to 22106369D-S1
02/11/2022Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB290S1
02/14/2022Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 18-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2022Placed on Calendar
02/21/2022Read first time
02/21/2022Referred to Committee on General Laws
02/24/2022Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/24/2022Failed to refer to Committee on Appropriations
02/24/2022Failed to report (defeated) in General Laws (10-Y 12-N) (see vote tally)