---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conveyance of utility easements; transportation."
description: "Exempts from the public hearing requirement prior to disposal of real property by a locality the conveyance of utility easements related to transportation projects. This bill incorporates"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 932"
citation: "Virginia SB 932 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Public Service Companies", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barbara A. Favola"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-28"
last_action: "2017-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9eb739fe-6e8f-4ff1-a2d0-22dc4a5a7a9e"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB932"
source_hash: "b3ba673e8c8c7e2ed46ea2c183e1fa143543766da75f199824537c8fbd9f88f3"
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 SB 932 (2017) — Conveyance of utility easements; transportation.

Exempts from the public hearing requirement prior to disposal of real property by a locality the conveyance of utility easements related to transportation projects. This bill incorporates

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0401)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0401)
2. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB932ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB932ER)
3. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 17105062D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB932S1)
4. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101930D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB932)

## Votes

- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Barbara A. Favola — primary (person)
- Richard H. Black (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-28** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101930D `introduction`
- **2016-12-28** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-31** Incorporates SB1259 (Black)
- **2017-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2017-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 17105062D-S1
- **2017-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB932S1
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2017-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2017-02-24** Enrolled
- **2017-02-24** Signed by President
- **2017-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-28** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
- **2017-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
- **2017-03-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 401 (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/9eb739fe-6e8f-4ff1-a2d0-22dc4a5a7a9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).