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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 1979 Electric vehicle rebate program; creation and funding, report, sunset date.
Introduced by: David A. Reid | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Electric vehicle rebate program; creation and funding; report. Creates a rebate program for the purchase or lease of new and used electric vehicles, to be administered by the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy. A purchaser or lessee of a new or used electric vehicle would receive a $2,500 rebate applied toward payment for the purchase, and a purchaser or lessee with an annual household income that does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty level would be entitled to an additional $2,000 rebate for a new electric vehicle and $500 for a used electric vehicle beginning in taxable year 2022. The bill also establishes an Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Advisory Council to oversee the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program and to make recommendations regarding its implementation and the Electric Vehicle Rebate Program Fund created by the bill. The Director of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy is required to report annually to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the program. The program expires on January 1, 2027.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102817D pdf | impact statement
- 02/01/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104242D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200328D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/21 House: Conference substitute printed 21200705D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0493) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Conference amendments
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102817D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on Finance
- 01/16/21 House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/29/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/01/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21104242D-H1
- 02/01/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/03/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/03/21 House: Read first time
- 02/04/21 House: Read second time
- 02/04/21 House: Committee substitute agreed to 21104242D-H1
- 02/04/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1979H1
- 02/05/21 House: Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/05/21 House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- 02/05/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200328D-S1
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (11-Y 4-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/21 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21200328D-S1
- 02/19/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1979S1
- 02/19/21 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N)
- 02/23/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/23/21 House: Senate substitute rejected by House 21200328D-S1 (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/23/21 House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/25/21 House: House acceded to request
- 02/25/21 House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/25/21 House: Delegates: Reid, Bagby, Coyner
- 02/25/21 Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/25/21 Senate: Senators: Marsden, McClellan, Vogel
- 02/27/21 Conference: Amended by conference committee
- 02/27/21 House: Conference substitute printed 21200705D-H2
- 02/27/21 House: Conference report agreed to by House (54-Y 45-N)
- 02/27/21 House: VOTE: Agreed To (54-Y 45-N)
- 02/27/21 Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1979ER)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/31/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 493 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0493)