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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hydroelectric plant; revenue sharing agreement among certain localities."
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description: "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"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 780"
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citation: "Virginia SB 780 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Counties", "Cities and Towns", "Public Service Companies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["A. Benton \"Ben\" Chafin"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2018-01-11"
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last_action: "2018-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dd521d5-b0b2-440e-a5ef-7f4301ff8df7"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+SB780"
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source_hash: "cfe5852648ee876e394e3658af0b37766edc7139f78b0b869384f62d776075e7"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 780 (2018) — Hydroelectric plant; revenue sharing agreement among certain localities.
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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
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB780ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB780ER)
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2. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 18106147D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB780S1)
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3. **Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104617D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+SB780)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- A. Benton "Ben" Chafin — primary (person)
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- Charles W. Carrico, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18104617D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-08** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2018-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 18106147D-S1
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- **2018-02-08** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB780S1
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- **2018-02-14** Placed on Calendar
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- **2018-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-14** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-20** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 206 (effective 7/1/18) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dd521d5-b0b2-440e-a5ef-7f4301ff8df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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