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type: "Bill"
title: "Interstate pipeline construction; Department of Transportation oversight."
description: "Allows the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with any entity constructing interstate pipelines setting forth a reasonable procedure to identify and remedy damage caused by construction of such pipeline to public highways of the Commonwealth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1993"
citation: "Virginia HB 1993 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways", "Bridges and Ferries", "Transportation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory D. Habeeb"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57b8c16d-63db-4ee2-912c-5f62a0042c87"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1993"
source_hash: "84463f8930c77a0181c609c07ab2fd33b8ef553188b9dcfa33db57738f02de71"
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 1993 (2017) — Interstate pipeline construction; Department of Transportation oversight.
Allows the Department of Transportation to enter into agreements with any entity constructing interstate pipelines setting forth a reasonable procedure to identify and remedy damage caused by construction of such pipeline to public highways of the Commonwealth.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0532)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1993ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1993ER)
3. **House: Committee substitute printed 17105047D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1993H1)
4. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102417D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1993)
## Votes
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **970** (pass) · legislature
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **390** (pass) · legislature
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **60** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **400** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation with substitute — **210** (pass) · legislature
- Reported from Transportation — **130** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Senate — **390** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Gregory D. Habeeb — primary (person)
- Ronald A. Villanueva — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102417D `introduction`
- **2017-01-10** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Assigned Transportation sub: Subcommittee #4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 17105047D-H1
- **2017-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1993H1
- **2017-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **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
- **2017-03-16** Approved by Governor-Chapter 532 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57b8c16d-63db-4ee2-912c-5f62a0042c87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).