Virginia House Bill 2738 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 18 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Public utilities; acquisition of rights-of-way for economic development sites. Authorizes a public utility providing water, sewer, electric, or natural gas service to propose an Economic Development Program (Program) under which it may acquire utility right-of-way for one or more qualified economic development sites. A proposal for a Program is required to include an analysis of how acquiring the rights-of-way will enhance the Commonwealth's infrastructure and promote the Commonwealth's competitive business environment by improving the readiness of a qualified economic development site. The measure establishes criteria for the Virginia Economic Development Partnership Authority to certify that an industrial site is a qualified economic development site. The State Corporation Commission (SCC) is authorized to approve a proposal for a Program that satisfies certain conditions, including findings that (i) implementation of the Program will provide significant economic development benefits that might not otherwise be attained absent its approval and (ii) the Program is designed only to acquire utility rights-of-way to a qualified economic development site and not to provide service to other customers or potential customers. A utility's capital investment is capped at one percent of gross plant investment in the aggregate of all of the utility's Programs and at $5 million for any specific qualified economic development site. This bill is identical to SB 1695.

Public utilities; acquisition of rights-of-way for economic development sites.

Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]	Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Del. Steve Heretick [D]	Del. Timothy Hugo [R]
Del. Steven Landes [R]

2019-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N) (Y: 37 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-11 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-02-05 - House - House: VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 13-N) (Y: 85 N: 13 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-31 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 1-N) (Y: 19 N: 1 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0494)
2019-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 494 (effective 7/1/19)
2019-02-21		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
2019-02-21	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
2019-02-20	Senate	Signed by President
2019-02-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2019-02-19	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2738ER)
2019-02-19	House	Enrolled
2019-02-14	Senate	Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N)
2019-02-14	Senate	Read third time
2019-02-13	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2019-02-11	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 0-N)
2019-02-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-02-06	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2019-02-05	House	VOTE: PASSAGE (85-Y 13-N)
2019-02-05	House	Read third time and passed House (85-Y 13-N)
2019-02-04	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2738H1
2019-02-04	House	Committee substitute agreed to 19105626D-H1
2019-02-04	House	Read second time
2019-02-03	House	Read first time
2019-01-31	House	Committee substitute printed 19105626D-H1
2019-01-31	House	Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (19-Y 1-N)
2019-01-16	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2019-01-16	House	Presented and ordered printed 19104165D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2738
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2738+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2738H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2738ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0494+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+H14V0067+HB2738
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+HV2489+HB2738
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+S02V0133+HB2738
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0547HB2738+HB2738
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+vot+SV0651HB2738+HB2738