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Bill Business parks; pilot program to facilitate construction of electric transmission facilities. Directs the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to establish pilot programs by Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power. The pilot programs will have the purpose of promoting economic development in opportunity zones of the Commonwealth by allowing each utility to complete the construction phase of electric transmission infrastructure for up to three business parks prior to the public announcement of a prospective occupant of the business parks. Electric cooperatives may also petition the State Corporation Commission to participate in the pilot program. The measure authorizes a utility to recover the costs of the transmission facility through a rate adjustment clause. The provisions of this measure expire on December 31, 2023. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2019 HB 1840 Virginia HB 1840 (2019)
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Virginia HB 1840 (2019) — Business parks; pilot program to facilitate construction of electric transmission facilities.

Directs the Virginia Economic Development Partnership to establish pilot programs by Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power. The pilot programs will have the purpose of promoting economic development in opportunity zones of the Commonwealth by allowing each utility to complete the construction phase of electric transmission infrastructure for up to three business parks prior to the public announcement of a prospective occupant of the business parks. Electric cooperatives may also petition the State Corporation Commission to participate in the pilot program. The measure authorizes a utility to recover the costs of the transmission facility through a rate adjustment clause. The provisions of this measure expire on December 31, 2023.

Version chain

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

  1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0535) (committee substitute) — source
  2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
  3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1840ER) (committee substitute) — source
  4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105532D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102780D (committee substitute) — source
  6. Senate amendments engrossed (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Read third time and passed House — 7423 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 82 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with amendments — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 174 (pass) · lower
  • Senate amendments agreed to by House — 8218 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments — 120 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Daniel W. Marshall, III — primary (person)
  • Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
  • Jeffrey L. Campbell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102780D introduction
  • 2019-01-02 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2019-01-10 Assigned C & L sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2019-02-03 Read first time reading-1
  • 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
  • 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19105532D-H1
  • 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1840H1
  • 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
  • 2019-02-20 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2019-02-20 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
  • 2019-02-21 Senate amendments agreed to by House (82-Y 18-N)
  • 2019-02-23 Enrolled
  • 2019-02-23 Signed by Speaker
  • 2019-02-23 Signed by President
  • 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
  • 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
  • 2019-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 535 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f1e31545-3f07-4367-af30-eeb5529e787c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).