SB 758 VA

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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.

• Aaron R. Rouse Democratic · primary

1. Jan 20, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26103747D · upper
2. Jan 20, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 2, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
4. Feb 2, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (7-Y 6-N) · upper
5. Feb 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106930D-S1 · upper
6. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N) · upper
7. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 20, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 20, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 20, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
17. Feb 24, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
18. Feb 26, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
19. Feb 26, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (5-Y 2-N) · lower
20. Mar 3, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N) · lower
21. Mar 3, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108673D-H1 · lower
22. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB758) · upper
23. Mar 9, 2026 Tabled in Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML