---
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: "SB 1116"
citation: "Virginia SB 1116 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hackworth"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84a481b4-95bb-417d-8377-a7b1093e9b6e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1116"
source_hash: "58edeed3625ef5e201f40db612995b2c903a1225fd9f33a517d0daec2874ad42"
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 1116 (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. **CHAP0721** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0721)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103934D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1116)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23103934D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1116E)
4. **SB1116ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1116ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-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
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hackworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103934D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1116E
- **2023-02-02** Printed as engrossed 23103934D-E
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (SB1116E)
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-13** Passed House with amendments (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1116ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1116)
- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from DPB (SB1116ER)
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 721 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0721)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84a481b4-95bb-417d-8377-a7b1093e9b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).