VA HB975 | 2012 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2012 - 100% progression
Action: 2012-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Public service corporations and companies; governmental utility corporation. Clarifies that (i) property may be taken by eminent domain by a public corporation for sanitary sewer, water and stormwater facilities, or transportation facilities and (ii) a government utility corporation (a county or municipality, or entity or agency thereof, that provides or operates specified authorized utility services) shall be considered to be acting as a public service corporation or public service company with regard to the provision of such authorized utility services for the purposes of any taking of private property by eminent domain in accordance with the Constitution of Virginia.

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Title

Governmental utility corporation; acting as public service corporation or public service company.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2012-03-08 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-06 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 102 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2012-02-01 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2012-04-05 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)
2012-04-05 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective 7/1/12)
2012-03-10 Senate: Signed by President
2012-03-10 House: Signed by Speaker
2012-03-10 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB975ER)
2012-03-10 House: Enrolled
2012-03-08 House: VOTE: ADOPTION (98-Y 0-N)
2012-03-08 House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 12105798D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
2012-03-07 House: Placed on Calendar
2012-03-06 Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
2012-03-06 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB975S1
2012-03-06 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 12105798D-S1
2012-03-06 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
2012-03-06 Senate: Read third time
2012-03-05 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2012-03-02 Senate: Committee substitute printed 12105798D-S1
2012-03-02 Senate: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (13-Y 0-N)
2012-02-15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-02-15 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
2012-02-14 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N)
2012-02-14 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2012-02-13 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB975H1
2012-02-13 House: Committee substitute agreed to 12105040D-H1
2012-02-13 House: Read second time
2012-02-12 House: Read first time
2012-02-10 House: Committee substitute printed 12105040D-H1
2012-02-10 House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
2012-02-01 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 2-N)
2012-01-23 House: Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2012-01-19 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2012-01-19 House: Referred from Commerce and Labor by voice vote
2012-01-11 House: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2012-01-11 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12103428D

Subjects


Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB975
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB975+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB975H1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB975S1+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB975ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+CHAP0626+hil
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H0802V0083+HB0975
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+H08V0166+HB0975
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV0717+HB0975
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+S03V0274+HB0975
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0897HB0975+HB0975
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+SV0938HB0975+HB0975
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+vot+HV1461+HB0975

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