Virginia Senate Bill 492 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Renewable energy. Expands the definition of renewable energy to include landfill gas. The measure also provides that the RPS Goals under the renewable energy portfolio standard program may be composed of renewable thermal energy equivalents. A renewable thermal energy equivalent is the thermal energy output from a renewable-fueled combined heat and power generation facility that is (i) constructed, or renovated and improved, after January 1, 2012, (ii) located in the Commonwealth, and (iii) utilized in industrial processes other than the combined heat and power generation facility, where thermal energy is expressed as an equivalent number of megawatt hours.

Renewable energy; expands definition.

Sen. John Watkins [R]

2012-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 10-N 1-A) (Y: 90 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2012-02-16 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 23 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-03-08		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0200)
2012-03-08		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 200 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-02-27		Senate: Signed by President
2012-02-24		House: Signed by Speaker
2012-02-24		Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB492ER)
2012-02-24		Senate: Enrolled
2012-02-21		House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 10-N 1-A)
2012-02-21		House: Passed House (88-Y 10-N 1-A)
2012-02-21		House: Read third time
2012-02-20		House: Read second time
2012-02-16		House: Reported from Commerce and Labor (22-Y 0-N)
2012-02-13		House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-02-13		House: Read first time
2012-02-13		House: Placed on Calendar
2012-01-27		Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2012-01-26		Senate: Read second time and engrossed
2012-01-25		Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2012-01-23		Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 1-N)
2012-01-11		Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-01-11		Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103347D

HB232 (Same As) 2012-03-01 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0046)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+SB492
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB492+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+SB492ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0200+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S02V0021+SB0492
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0106SB0492+SB0492
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0151SB0492+SB0492
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H14V0127+SB0492
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0967+SB0492