---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utilities; SCC shall issue final order on certain projects within a certain timeframe."
description: "Utilities; SCC shall issue final order on certain projects within a certain timeframe."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2482"
citation: "Virginia HB 2482 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fariss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48fe1e82-7ef6-412b-b0b8-5241eb41e269"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2482"
source_hash: "326310cb8f002737560e758b52cef76b474d1dfd07d6e336806dac850d4c9380"
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 2482 (2023) — Utilities; SCC shall issue final order on certain projects within a certain timeframe.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0501** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0501)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106100D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2482H1)
3. **HB2482ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2482ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23105066D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2482)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Rereferred from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fariss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23105066D `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Impact statement from SCC (HB2482)
- **2023-01-31** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106100D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106100D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2482H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (HB2482H1)
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred from Rules (16-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2482ER) `passage`
- **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`
- **2023-03-20** Impact statement from SCC (HB2482ER)
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48fe1e82-7ef6-412b-b0b8-5241eb41e269`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).