---
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: "SB 1420"
citation: "Virginia SB 1420 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pillion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e20f664a-929a-4f76-b393-a7cc52159d99"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1420"
source_hash: "37f0298f9f0ac657045c8cf85db43d4b612206b28b08976b13a512271cb6bf24"
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 1420 (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. **CHAP0705** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0705)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104668D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1420S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102041D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1420)
4. **SB1420ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1420ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pillion — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102041D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from SCC (SB1420)
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Committee substitute printed 23104668D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23104668D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1420S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-17** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1420ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1420ER)
- **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 705 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0705)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e20f664a-929a-4f76-b393-a7cc52159d99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).