OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 2/05/2026
SENATE BILL NO. 588
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
on ________________)
(Patron Prior to Substitute—Senator Marsden)
A BILL to require the Department of Energy and Department of Environmental Quality to develop criteria for the purpose of determining the appropriateness of sites for solar facilities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. A. As used in this a ct :
"Host locality" means any locality within the jurisdictional boundaries of which construction of a solar facility is proposed.