republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-1766.md

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Bill	Utility Facilities Act; associated facilities of an electrical transmission line.	Provides that the issuance by the State Corporation Commission of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts and any associated facilities shall be deemed to satisfy local comprehensive plan requirements and all local zoning ordinances with respect to the transmission line and associated facilities. The measure defines "associated facilities" as including any station, substation, transition station, and switchyard facilities to be constructed outside of any county operating under the county executive form of government that is located in Planning District 8 (e.g., Prince William County) in association with the 138 kilovolt transmission line.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 1766	Virginia HB 1766 (2017)	bill	Commissions Boards and Institutions Generally Northern Virginia Public Service Companies State Corporation Commission	enacted	Gregory D. Habeeb	3	19	9	2017-01-09	2017-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/569cb158-2d3e-4ea3-bfd6-6cf80babbd9b	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1766	1f0c78ecfbb1231597916c851cf7f3270f65c4e01df1cb05581d8ba87b5b89a8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1766 (2017) — Utility Facilities Act; associated facilities of an electrical transmission line.

Provides that the issuance by the State Corporation Commission of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts and any associated facilities shall be deemed to satisfy local comprehensive plan requirements and all local zoning ordinances with respect to the transmission line and associated facilities. The measure defines "associated facilities" as including any station, substation, transition station, and switchyard facilities to be constructed outside of any county operating under the county executive form of government that is located in Planning District 8 (e.g., Prince William County) in association with the 138 kilovolt transmission line.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1766ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101914D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed House — 67–30 (pass) · legislature
• Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to — 22–18 (pass) · legislature
• Amendment by Senator Stuart agreed to — 26–13 (pass) · legislature
• Senate amendment agreed to by House — 60–34 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate with amendment — 32–8 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 18–1 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 10–2 (pass) · legislature
• Amendment by Senator Stuart reconsidered — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101914D introduction
• 2017-01-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2017-01-23 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-24 Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-01-25 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-16 Reading of amendment waived
• 2017-02-16 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2017-02-20 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-20 Senate amendment agreed to by House (60-Y 34-N 1-A)
• 2017-02-23 Enrolled
• 2017-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 728 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/569cb158-2d3e-4ea3-bfd6-6cf80babbd9b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).