Virginia House Bill 981 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: Passed on April 22 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1219)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; fund. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to incorporate into regulations previously adopted by the State Air Pollution Control Board certain provisions establishing a carbon dioxide cap and trade program to reduce emissions released by electric generation facilities. Such provisions are required to comply with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative model rule. The bill authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality to establish, implement, and manage an auction program to sell allowances into a market-based trading program. The bill requires revenues from the sale of carbon allowances, to the extent permitted by Article X, Section 7 of the Constitution of Virginia, to be deposited in an interest-bearing account and to be distributed without further appropriation (i) to the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; (ii) to the Department of Housing and Community Development for low-income energy efficiency programs; (iii) for administrative expenses; and (iv) to the Department of Housing and Community Development in partnership with the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy to administer and implement low-income energy efficiency programs. The bill continues the Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund as the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund for the purpose of creating a low-interest loan program to help inland and coastal communities that are subject to recurrent or repetitive flooding. The bill authorizes the Authority to pledge the assets of the Fund as security for any bonds issued to finance flood prevention or protection projects and directs the Authority to manage the Fund in accordance with a memorandum of agreement with the Department. The bill also authorizes any locality using moneys in the Fund to provide a loan for a project in a low-income geographic area to forgive the principal of such loan, with the obligation of the locality to repay the loan remaining in effect. The bill provides that if the Governor seeks to include the Commonwealth as a full participant in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, the regulations shall require that certain purchasers be responsible for obtaining allowances under certain agreements. The measure authorizes the costs of allowances to be recovered by Phase I and Phase II Utilities from ratepayers.

Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.

Del. Charniele Herring [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]
Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Del. Clinton Jenkins [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]

2020-04-22 - House - House: VOTE: (50-Y 45-N) (Y: 50 N: 45 NV: 5 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-04-22 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N) (Y: 50 N: 43 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 4-N) (Y: 12 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) (Y: 53 N: 46 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-07 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N) (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) (Y: 6 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1219)
2020-04-22	House	Enacted, Chapter 1219 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-04-22	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2020-04-22	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2020-04-22	House	Reenrolled bill text (HB981ER2)
2020-04-22	House	Reenrolled
2020-04-22		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2020-04-22	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N)
2020-04-22	House	VOTE: (50-Y 45-N)
2020-04-22	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (50-Y 45-N)
2020-04-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-04-11	House	Governor's recommendation received by House
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-03	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-02	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-02	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB981ER)
2020-03-02	House	Enrolled
2020-02-26	House	Senate substitute agreed to by House 20108602D-S2 (50-Y 43-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB981S2
2020-02-26	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108602D-S2
2020-02-26	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-26	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 20108601D-S1
2020-02-26	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: Adoption (50-Y 43-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108602D-S2
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 4-N)
2020-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-18	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108601D-S1
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 7-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB981H1
2020-02-10	House	Amendments by Delegate Wyatt withdrawn
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106683D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-07	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)
2020-02-05	House	Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
2020-02-04	House	Incorporates HB1152 (Lopez)
2020-02-04	House	Incorporates HB20 (Lindsey)
2020-02-04	House	Committee substitute printed 20106683D-H1
2020-02-04	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-04	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-01-30	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
2020-01-28	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-22	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-22	House	Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2020-01-14	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105070D

HB20 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
HB1152 (Similar To) 2020-02-04 - Incorporated by Labor and Commerce
SB1027 (Same As) 2020-04-22 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1280)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1329	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1330	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	603.24	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	603.25	(n/a)	See Bill Text

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Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1219+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1403V0013+HB0981
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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H02V0262+HB0981
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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1406+HB0981
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0981+HB0981
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Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV2028HB0981+HB0981
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2172+HB0981