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Solar energy facilities; prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements; report; civil penalties. Requires each solar developer, including its contractors and subcontractors, to ensure payment at the prevailing wage rate set by the Department of Labor and Industry for any mechanic, laborer, or worker employed, retained, or otherwise hired to perform construction, maintenance, or repair work for certain electricity generating sources. The bill requires each solar developer to (i) ensure that a percentage of the total labor hours of such work is performed by qualified apprentices and (ii) employ at least one qualified apprentice if four or more individuals are employed to perform such work. Under the bill, a solar developer that fails to meet the requirements of its provisions is required to make penalty payments to the Commissioner of Labor and Industry.
Introduced
Jan 20, 2026
Last Action
Mar 9, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB758)
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)
Committee substitute printed 26108673D-H1
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A)
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Read second time
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Committee substitute printed 26106930D-S1
Senate committee offered
Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 6-N)
Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
Presented and ordered printed 26103747D
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Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Aaron R. Rouse