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2024 SESSION
SB 245 Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings.
Introduced by: Jeremy S. McPike | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Department of Energy; building standards for certain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy, upon request, to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to available budgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related to onsite renewable energy generation, energy storage, and resilience standards for construction or renovation of certain public buildings. The bill also makes several technical and clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by defining or redefining existing terms found in the statute. This bill is identical to HB 151.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104845D pdf
- 02/01/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24104845D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/27/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24108109D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate amendments
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104845D
- 01/09/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/17/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 01/17/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/30/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
- 01/31/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/01/24 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/01/24 Senate: General Laws and Technology Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/01/24 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 02/01/24 Senate: Finance and Appropriation Committee amendment agreed to
- 02/01/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB245E
- 02/01/24 Senate: Printed as engrossed 24104845D-E
- 02/02/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/05/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/13/24 House: Read first time
- 02/13/24 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/20/24 House: Referred from Labor and Commerce by voice vote
- 02/20/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/21/24 House: Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
- 02/22/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 02/27/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24108109D-H1
- 02/29/24 House: Read second time
- 03/01/24 House: Read third time
- 03/01/24 House: Committee substitute agreed to 24108109D-H1
- 03/01/24 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB245H1
- 03/01/24 House: Passed House with substitute (52-Y 45-N)
- 03/01/24 House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)
- 03/04/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: Title replaced 24108109D-H1
- 03/05/24 Senate: Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N)
- 03/08/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER)
- 03/08/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/24 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)