SEARCH SITE
VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL
- Code of Virginia
- Virginia Administrative Code
- Constitution of Virginia
- Charters
- Authorities
- Compacts
- Uncodified Acts
- RIS Users (account required)
SEARCHABLE DATABASES
- Bills & Resolutions
session legislation - Bill Summaries
session summaries - Reports to the General Assembly
House and Senate documents - Legislative Liaisons
State agency contacts
ACROSS SESSIONS
- Subject Index: Since 1995
- Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
- Summaries: Since 1994
Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.
2024 SESSION
SB 79 Government buildings, certain; net-zero energy consumption building design for schools.
Introduced by: Barbara A. Favola | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
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 infrastructure for renewable energy systems. The bill also requires the Department of Energy to convene a work group to make recommendations on how to implement renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities. The provisions of this bill only apply to projects entering the design phase on or after January 1, 2026.
FULL TEXT
- 12/31/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103593D pdf | impact statements
- 01/24/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106062D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107199D-S2 pdf | impact statement
- 02/20/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107927D-H1 pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/31/23 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103593D
- 12/31/23 Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/24/24 Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (12-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106062D-S1
- 01/24/24 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/06/24 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N)
- 02/06/24 Senate: Committee substitute printed 24107199D-S2
- 02/07/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/08/24 Senate: General Laws and Technology Committee substitute rejected 24106062D-S1
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/08/24 Senate: Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 24107199D-S2
- 02/08/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB79S2
- 02/09/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 17-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on General Laws
- 02/20/24 House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (18-Y 3-N)
- 02/20/24 House: Committee substitute printed 24107927D-H1
- 02/20/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/21/24 House: Assigned App. sub: General Government and Capital Outlay
- 02/26/24 House: Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)