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D Virginia Senate · District 40

Sen. Barbara Favola

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Total votes
27,879
all sessions
Attendance
99%
155 missed
Higher than 95% of chamber peers
With party
99%
of cast votes
Higher than 92% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
0%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Sponsored
1,306
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
1,306 bills and resolutions

Sponsored bills

Total
1,306
Primary
352
Co-sponsor
954
This page
1,306
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Primary SB 290
Failed · Virginia Senate · Lead sponsor
State agencies and localities; solar-ready roof requirements, etc.

Solar-ready roof requirements for state agenciesand localities; energy-positive building design for schools. Requires any executive branch agency or institution and any locality enteringthe design phase for the construction of a new building greater than5,000 gross square feet in size, or the renovation of a buildingwhere the cost of the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the valueof the building, to ensure that such building includes a solar-readyroof, defined in the bill as having the structural capability toaccept the increased load from solar panels, proper sizing of theelectrical panel, installation of conduit and wire from the roofto the electrical panel, use of solar-appropriate roof membranes and other roofing materials, and clustering of vents and non-solarequipment to maximize available space for solar panels. However,the provisions of the bill do not apply to localities with a populationof less than 100,000 until July 1, 2023. The bill also requires newpublic school buildings and facilities, and improvements and renovationsto existing public school buildings and facilities where the costof the renovation exceeds 50 percent of the value of the buildingto be designed, constructed, maintained, and operated to generatemore electricity than consumed.

Failed Feb 24, 2022 0 co-sponsors
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