Virginia House Bill 908 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 12 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-12-01 - Left in Commerce and Labor
Pending: House Commerce and Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Electrical transmission lines; effect on historic resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC), prior to approving the construction of any electrical transmission lines of 138 kV or more, to determine that the corridor or route chosen for the line will avoid any adverse impact on the scenic assets, historic resources, and environment of the area concerned. If the SCC determines that no route or corridor exists that can avoid any such adverse impact, the SCC is directed to choose the corridor or route that minimizes such adverse impacts to the greatest extent reasonably practicable. Currently, the SCC is required to determine that such a line's corridor or route will reasonably minimize adverse impact on the scenic assets, historic districts, and environment of the area concerned.

Electrical transmission lines; SCC to consider impact on historic resources.

Del. Randall Minchew [R]	Del. Ron Villanueva [R]	Sen. John Bell [D]	Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Sen. Monty Mason [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Christopher Peace [R]
Del. Richard Sullivan [D]	Del. Michael Webert [R]

2016-02-09 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 2-N) (Y: 10 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-12-01	House	Left in Commerce and Labor
2016-02-11	House	Continued to 2017 in Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2016-02-09	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 2-N)
2016-01-19	House	Assigned C & L sub: Special Subcommittee on Energy
2016-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2016-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102632D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB908
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB908+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H1403C0011+HB0908