SB 234 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Parking Lot Solar Development Program; established, report.

Summary
Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program; report. Establishes the Parking Lot Solar Development Pilot Grant Program for the purpose of encouraging development of distributed parking lot solar projects up to one megawatt in size in Chesterfield County and Richmond City through grants. The bill directs the Department of Energy, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality, to administer such program, to establish and publish guidelines and criteria for solar projects funded through such program, and to report annually to the General Assembly regarding the administration of the program for the preceding fiscal year.
Sub-Topics: Solar
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Nov 18, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 9, 2024

How they voted

372
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
Feb 9, 2024
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
16 Yea 2 Nay 1
84% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
24
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Amendments
1
Feb 16, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Feb 15, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (30-Y 10-N)
upper
Feb 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (31-Y 7-N)
upper
Feb 8, 2024
Amended
Committee amendments rejected
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Feb 6, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 29, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (13-Y 2-N)
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Ghazala Hashmi
Ghazala Hashmi
DDemocratic
VA
15