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HB 4031 — Exempts an energy facility from needing a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council if the energy facility produces power from a renewable energy source, qualifies for certain federal renewable energy tax credits and is placed in service on or before December 31, 2030, or a date allowed by exception and a local land use application for the facility is submitted on or before December 31, 2028.

Congress · introduced 2026-01-14

Digest: Creates an exception to needing a site certificate from EFSC. (Flesch Readability Score: 61.3). Exempts an energy facility from needing a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council if the energy facility produces power from a renewable energy source, qualifies for certain federal renewable energy tax credits and <b>is placed in service on or before December 31, 2030, or a date allowed by exception and a local land use application for the facility is submitted </b>[<i>construction begins</i>] on or before December 31, 2028. Takes effect on the 91st day following adjournment sine die.

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Sponsors

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Action timeline

  1. · state_lower — First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
  2. · state_lower — Referred to Climate, Energy, and Environment.
  3. · state_lower — Public Hearing held.
  4. · state_lower — Work Session held.
  5. · state_lower — Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be printed A-Engrossed.
  6. · state_lower — Second reading.
  7. · state_lower — Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Owens. Passed.
  8. · state_upper — First reading. Referred to President's desk.
  9. · state_upper — Referred to Energy and Environment.
  10. · state_upper — Public Hearing Cancelled.
  11. · state_upper — Public Hearing and Work Session held.
  12. · state_upper — Recommendation: Do pass the A-Eng. bill.
  13. · state_upper — Second reading.
  14. · state_upper — Third reading. Carried by Sollman. Passed.
  15. · state_lower — Speaker signed.
  16. · state_upper — President signed.
  17. · state_lower — Governor signed.
  18. · state_lower — Chapter 12, (2026 Laws): Effective date June 5, 2026.

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Predicted vote

Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.

0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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