HB2037
Land development; solar canopies in surface parking areas.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
David Bulova (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Land development; solar canopies in parking areas.
Provides that any locality may include in its land development ordinances a provision that requires that an applicant must install a solar canopy over designated surface parking areas. Such provisions shall apply only to nonresidential parking areas with 100 parking spaces or more and may require coverage of up to ... (More) 50 percent of the surface parking area. The bill provides that localities shall allow for deviations, in whole or in part, from the requirements of the ordinance when its strict application would prevent the development of uses and densities otherwise allowed by the locality's zoning or development ordinance. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/07/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25104573D
- 01/07/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
- 01/15/2025 - House: Assigned CCT sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/15/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/23/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Counties, Cities and Towns Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (17-Y 3-N)
- 01/24/2025 - House: Committee substitute printed 25105582D-H1
- 01/28/2025 - House: Read first time
- 01/29/2025 - House: Read second time
- 01/29/2025 - House: Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute agreed to
- 01/29/2025 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 01/30/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (64-Y 32-N) Close Floor Vote
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 01/31/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Local Government
- 02/10/2025 - Senate: Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Local Government Amendments agreed to
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/14/2025 - House: Senate Amendments agreed to by House (Y-62 N-34 A-0) Close Floor Vote
- 02/19/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 02/19/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER)
- 02/19/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
