---
type: "Bill"
title: "Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; definitions, powers and duties."
description: "Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; definitions, powers and duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1781"
citation: "Virginia HB 1781 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Quinn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93f95329-e330-4421-aed0-cbb4ecc78c0b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1781"
source_hash: "fdaf267778003b9c93fdb81453d1f8e50187379dd1881dfe9ad859ee95ca1a60"
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 1781 (2023) — Southwest Virginia Energy Research and Development Authority; definitions, powers and duties.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0720** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0720)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106939D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1781S1)
3. **HB1781ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1781ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103720D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1781)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-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 23103720D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106939D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1781)
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1781S1)
- **2023-02-21** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23106939D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1781S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106939D-S1 (97-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1781ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB1781ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/93f95329-e330-4421-aed0-cbb4ecc78c0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).