---
type: "Bill"
title: "Natural gas service; municipal corporations providing service, discontinuing service."
description: "Natural gas service; municipal corporations providing service, discontinuing service."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "HB 1257"
citation: "Virginia HB 1257 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilgore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/987f1022-37cc-4dce-b662-799256977780"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+HB1257"
source_hash: "1cb86eb24304f8c82c7e233296f641435937b40edbbcf5696d2447d230438c02"
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 1257 (2022S1) — Natural gas service; municipal corporations providing service, discontinuing service.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0017** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0017)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22107334D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1257S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 22107968D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1257H1)
4. **HB1257ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1257ER)
5. **Presented and ordered printed 22104724D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1257)
6. **Printed as engrossed 22104724D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1257E)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage #2 (54-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104724D `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from SCC (HB1257)
- **2022-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-08** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-11** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-02-11** Engrossed by House as amended HB1257E
- **2022-02-11** Printed as engrossed 22104724D-E
- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- **2022-02-14** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2022-02-14** Passed House (54-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2022-02-14** VOTE: Passage #2 (54-Y 46-N)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB1257E)
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Committee substitute printed 22107334D-S1 `substitution`
- **2022-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2022-03-07** Committee substitute agreed to 22107334D-S1
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1257S1
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 1-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-08** Senate substitute rejected by House 22107334D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- **2022-03-08** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 98-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-09** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-10** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from SCC (HB1257S1)
- **2022-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-12** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-03-12** Conference substitute printed 22107968D-H1
- **2022-03-12** Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** VOTE: Adoption (92-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-03-15** Impact statement from SCC (HB1257H1)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 17 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/987f1022-37cc-4dce-b662-799256977780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).