Rezoning and site plan approval; decommissioning solar energy equipment, etc., bonding provisions.
Summary
Requires a locality, as part of the local legislative approval process or as a condition of approval of a site plan, to require an owner, lessee, or developer of real property to enter into a written agreement to decommission solar energy equipment, facilities, or devices upon certain terms and conditions, including right of entry by the locality and financial assurance. This bill is identical to
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
Signed into Law
Mar 2019
Introduced Jan 9, 2019
Signed Mar 21, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 14, 2019
How they voted
34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Feb 14, 2019
D
Democratic14
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
3
Mar 21, 2019
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 743 (effective 7/1/19)
executive
Feb 19, 2019
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 15, 2019
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 15, 2019
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 14, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Feb 6, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Local Government
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2621H1
lower
Feb 4, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106249D-H1
lower
Jan 14, 2019
Committee
Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
lower
Jan 9, 2019
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 19104060D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Riley E. Ingram
RRepublican
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