---
type: "Bill"
title: "Utility work database; VDOT to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database."
description: "Utility work database. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all utility work that has been approved by the Department and will occur within a highway right-of-way in a residential neighborhood. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 143"
citation: "Virginia HB 143 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-02"
last_action: "2024-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a0546c8f-ea6e-4a4e-8829-b6be42387691"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB143"
source_hash: "00c1f45590a72b7ce116efefcdff391bb73d6a34503f69f010480de14a5928e2"
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 143 (2024) — Utility work database; VDOT to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database.

Utility work database. Requires the Department of Transportation to establish and maintain a publicly accessible database and map of all utility work that has been approved by the Department and will occur within a highway right-of-way in a residential neighborhood. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2025.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0271** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0271)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106591D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB143H1)
3. **HB143ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB143ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100840D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB143)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David A. Reid — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100840D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-02** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB143)
- **2024-01-16** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Infrastructure and Funding `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Transportation with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24106591D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24106591D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB143H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Transportation (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-27** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB143H1)
- **2024-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB143ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Impact statement from DPB (HB143ER)
- **2024-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 271 (effective 1/1/25) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0271)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a0546c8f-ea6e-4a4e-8829-b6be42387691`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).