Virginia House Bill 723 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Underground pipelines and conduit and electrical transmission lines; agriculture. Requires a utility company installing an underground pipeline or conduit with an inside diameter greater than 12 inches or an underground electric transmission or distribution line of greater than 115 kilovolts in capacity to mitigate the effects of the project if the project disturbs 10,000 square feet or more of agricultural land. The bill directs the State Corporation Commission to adopt regulations requiring the utility company to remove topsoil from the planned construction site and either redistribute it to graded areas elsewhere on the land of the affected property owner or store it nearby, protected from erosion and compaction, for later redistribution on the disturbed area.

Underground pipelines and electrical transmission lines; agriculture.

Del. David Reid [D]

2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-28 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) (Y: 9 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0666)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 666 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-17	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-12	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-12	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-12	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB723ER)
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-03	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB723H1
2020-01-31	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106632D-H1
2020-01-31	House	Read second time
2020-01-30	House	Read first time
2020-01-28	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2020-01-28	House	Committee substitute printed 20106632D-H1
2020-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
2020-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
2020-01-06	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102155D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB723
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB723+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB723H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB723ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0666+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H1403V0002+HB0723
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0070+HB0723
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0102+HB0723
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0301+HB0723
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0242+HB0723
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1529HB0723+HB0723
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1574HB0723+HB0723