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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2001 State and local buildings, certain; building standards.
Introduced by: Dan I. Helmer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Building standards for certain state and local buildings. Requires that any executive branch agency or institution or 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 ensure that such building has sufficient electric vehicle charging infrastructure, defined in the bill, and has features that permit the agency or institution to track the building's energy efficiency and carbon emissions. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department of General Services to grant exemptions to such standards, in writing and with certain terms. The bill requires agencies to annually report to the Governor the energy efficiency and carbon emissions metrics for each such building built or renovated.
The bill requires localities to design such building projects according to the same or similar standards, or more stringent standards if adopted by ordinance. The bill also requires that localities incorporate appropriate resilience and distributed energy features. The bill requires that any exemption from the standards granted by resolution of the governing body of a locality be made in writing and explain the basis for granting the exemption. The bill contains a delayed enactment of July 1, 2023, with respect to the provisions related to any locality with a population of less than 100,000.
FULL TEXT
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102562D pdf | impact statements
- 01/21/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103258D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103607D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 01/25/21 House: Substitute bill reprinted 21103607D-H2 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2001ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments engrossed
HISTORY
- 01/11/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102562D
- 01/11/21 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 01/17/21 House: Assigned GL sub: Open Government/Procurement
- 01/19/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103258D-H1
- 01/21/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/22/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Capital Outlay
- 01/25/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (4-Y 2-N)
- 01/25/21 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/25/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21103607D-H2
- 01/25/21 House: Substitute bill reprinted 21103607D-H2
- 01/26/21 House: Read first time
- 01/27/21 House: Read second time
- 01/27/21 House: Committee on General Laws substitute rejected 21103258D-H1
- 01/27/21 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 21103607D-H2
- 01/27/21 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2001H2
- 01/28/21 House: Read third time and passed House (53-Y 45-N)
- 01/28/21 House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 45-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/22/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/25/21 Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/25/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/25/21 Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/25/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/25/21 House: Senate amendment agreed to by House (52-Y 45-N)
- 02/25/21 House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 45-N)
- 03/09/21 House: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2001ER)
- 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 473 (effective - see bill)
- 03/31/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0473)