---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business park electric infrastructure program; makes permanent and amends certain provisions."
description: "Business park electric infrastructure program; makes permanent and amends certain provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1776"
citation: "Virginia HB 1776 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Quinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1a4cfca-9868-4f6e-a9e0-051811dad611"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1776"
source_hash: "a3e41848870556e126360a6932046abe1175e52f47efa917b02d36a58b501794"
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 1776 (2023) — Business park electric infrastructure program; makes permanent and amends certain provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0704** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0704)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104667D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1776H1)
3. **HB1776ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1776ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101846D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1776)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101846D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB1776)
- **2023-01-24** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23104667D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23104667D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1776H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from SCC (HB1776H1)
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1776ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1776ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 704 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0704)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e1a4cfca-9868-4f6e-a9e0-051811dad611`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).