Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; created, report.
Summary
Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; creation; workgroup report. Establishes the Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program for the purpose of (i) awarding grants on a competitive basis to public school divisions for (a) assisting with costs of replacing diesel school buses with electric school buses; (b) the implementation of recharging infrastructure or other infrastructure needed to charge or maintain such electric school buses; and (c) workforce development and training to support the maintenance, charging, and operation of such electric school buses and (ii) projects by public, private, and non-profit Virginia entities to assist with replacing diesel-fueled vehicles and machinery with electric vehicles. No allocation of funds shall be made to the Fund or the Program unless federal or nonstate funds are available to cover the entire cost of such allocation. The bill contains provisions relating to grant applications, priority, awards, and uses. The Department of Environmental Quality shall convene a stakeholder workgroup to develop recommendations for establishing and administering the Fund and Program and shall report the workgroup findings to the General Assembly.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021
Signed Mar 30, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 17, 2021 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 17, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
58
Key actions
19
Committee
14
Mar 30, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 418 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (59-Y 35-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 27, 2021
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 16-N)
upper
Feb 27, 2021
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N)
upper
Feb 23, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 17, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 5, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 4, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2118H1
lower
Feb 3, 2021
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 21104239D-H1
lower
Feb 1, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Finance with substitute (12-Y 9-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
lower
Jan 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102816D
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mark L. Keam
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Hala S. Ayala
DDemocratic
Co
Kathleen Murphy
DDemocratic
Co
Kaye Kory
DDemocratic
Co
Ken Plum
DDemocratic
Co
Lamont Bagby
DDemocratic
Co
Martha M. Mugler
DDemocratic
Co
Rip Sullivan
DDemocratic
Co
Scott Surovell
DDemocratic
Co
Wendy Gooditis
DDemocratic
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