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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I

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SB 1258 Solar projects; erosion and sediment control.

Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Solar projects; erosion and sediment control plan review. Requires any locality that does not operate a regulated municipal separate storm sewer system and for which the Department of Environmental Quality did not administer a Virginia Stormwater Management Program as of July 1, 2020, to notify the Department if it decides to have the Department provide the locality with (i) review of a required erosion and sediment control plan and (ii) a recommendation on the plan's compliance with the requirements of the Erosion and Sediment Control Law and the State Water Control Board's regulations for any solar project and its associated infrastructure with a rated electrical generation capacity exceeding five megawatts. The bill provides certain procedural steps for the Department and the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program authority for a locality to take in reviewing the plan and making recommendations and decisions. The Department shall adopt a fee schedule and charge fees for conducting such reviews.

FULL TEXT

• 01/11/21  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101494D  pdf
• 01/19/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103291D-S1  pdf | impact statement
• 02/04/21  Senate: Printed as engrossed 21103291D-ES1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/09/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1258ER)  pdf
• 03/31/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)  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
• House amendments adopted
• House amendments engrossed
• Senate amendments

HISTORY

• 01/11/21  Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101494D
• 01/11/21  Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
• 01/19/21  Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
• 01/19/21  Senate: Committee substitute printed 21103291D-S1
• 01/19/21  Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
• 02/02/21  Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/03/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/21  Senate: Read second time
• 02/04/21  Senate: Reading of substitute waived
• 02/04/21  Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 21103291D-S1
• 02/04/21  Senate: Reading of amendment waived
• 02/04/21  Senate: Committee amendment agreed to
• 02/04/21  Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendment SB1258ES1
• 02/04/21  Senate: Printed as engrossed 21103291D-ES1
• 02/04/21  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 02/04/21  Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/07/21  House: Placed on Calendar
• 02/07/21  House: Read first time
• 02/07/21  House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 02/08/21  House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
• 02/09/21  House: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
• 02/15/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/15/21  House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/17/21  House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
• 02/17/21  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 02/18/21  House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
• 02/19/21  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
• 02/22/21  House: Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (20-Y 0-N)
• 02/23/21  House: Read second time
• 02/24/21  House: Read third time
• 02/24/21  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 02/24/21  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 02/24/21  House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/24/21  House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
• 02/25/21  Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (28-Y 10-N)
• 03/09/21  Senate: Enrolled
• 03/09/21  Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1258ER)
• 03/09/21  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/11/21  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/15/21  Senate: 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 497 (effective 7/1/21)
• 03/31/21  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)