republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/sb-780.md

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Bill	Hydroelectric plant; revenue sharing agreement among certain localities.	Requires the Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, and Wise and the City of Norton to enter into a perpetual revenue sharing agreement regarding a certain electric storage or generation facility to be located in one of these localities. The measure establishes the percentage of the revenue to be allocated to each locality and provides that the host locality shall receive an additional share of six percent of the revenue. Any direct costs of infrastructure improvements incurred by the host locality for purposes of the facility will be allocated among the localities in the same proportion as the revenues from the facility. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	SB 780	Virginia SB 780 (2018)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns Public Service Companies	enacted	A. Benton "Ben" Chafin	3	18	5	2018-01-11	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/4dd521d5-b0b2-440e-a5ef-7f4301ff8df7	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB780	cfe5852648ee876e394e3658af0b37766edc7139f78b0b869384f62d776075e7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 780 (2018) — Hydroelectric plant; revenue sharing agreement among certain localities.

Requires the Counties of Buchanan, Dickenson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Tazewell, and Wise and the City of Norton to enter into a perpetual revenue sharing agreement regarding a certain electric storage or generation facility to be located in one of these localities. The measure establishes the percentage of the revenue to be allocated to each locality and provides that the host locality shall receive an additional share of six percent of the revenue. Any direct costs of infrastructure improvements incurred by the host locality for purposes of the facility will be allocated among the localities in the same proportion as the revenues from the facility. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB780ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106147D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104617D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 11–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
• Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104617D introduction
• 2018-01-11 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2018-02-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-08 Reading of substitute waived
• 2018-02-08 Committee substitute agreed to 18106147D-S1
• 2018-02-08 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB780S1
• 2018-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2018-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2018-02-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-20 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4dd521d5-b0b2-440e-a5ef-7f4301ff8df7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).