---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water utilities; suspension of proposed rate increases."
description: "Extends the maximum period that the State Corporation Commission is authorized to suspend the implementation of a proposed rate increase rates from 150 to 180 days. The measure applies only to certain investor-owned water utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 2358"
citation: "Virginia HB 2358 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Service Companies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret B. Ransone"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ca31e342-aa56-4631-a55f-79247450242f"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2358"
source_hash: "e863178a6ca481bade458bade0a417720e232b0bd997de6ad7d822ece91e4c76"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2358 (2017) — Water utilities; suspension of proposed rate increases.

Extends the maximum period that the State Corporation Commission is authorized to suspend the implementation of a proposed rate increase rates from 150 to 180 days. The measure applies only to certain investor-owned water utilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0619)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0619)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2358ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2358ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105078D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2358H1)
4. **House: Presented and ordered printed 17103616D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB2358)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Margaret B. Ransone — primary (person)
- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 17103616D `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105078D-H1
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2358H1
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Enrolled
- **2017-02-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-21** Signed by President
- **2017-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
- **2017-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 619 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ca31e342-aa56-4631-a55f-79247450242f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).