Public school buildings and facilities; modernization.
Summary
Provides that it is the legislative intent that public school buildings and facilities be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generate more electricity than consumed, and allows local school boards to enter into leases with private developers to achieve that goal. The bill also provides that private developers that contract with local school boards to modernize public school buildings and facilities may receive financing from the Virginia Small Business Financing Authority.
Bill status
passed
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Feb 2019
Senate Passage
Feb 2019
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2019
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2019
Last action Feb 20, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2019 · House of Delegates Feb 14, 2019
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 5, 2019
D
Democratic13
100% Yea
R
Republican20
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
7
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1331H1
lower
Feb 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19106668D-H1
lower
Feb 14, 2019
House Of Delegates · Passed
House of Delegates Vote: pass (20-0)
house of delegates
Feb 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1331S1
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 19105740D-S1
upper
Feb 5, 2019
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
Rereferred to Finance
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Jan 8, 2019
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102737D
upper
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Bill Stanley
RRepublican
Co
Barbara Favola
DDemocratic
Co
Glen H. Sturtevant, Jr.
RRepublican
Co
LL
Lynwood Lewis
DDemocratic
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