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Bill	Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by certain state agencies.	Authorizes the Department of General Services, Department of Motor Vehicles, and Department of Transportation to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property the agency controls if the electric vehicle charging services are offered at prevailing market rates, as defined in the bill. The bill exempts such agencies from being considered a public utility solely because of the sale of electric vehicle charging service or the ownership or operation of an electric vehicle charging station and further exempts such service from constituting the retail sale of electricity. Currently, such provisions are applicable only to the Department of Conservation and Recreation when operating a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property of any existing state park or similar recreational facility the Department of Conservation and Recreation controls.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 1934	Virginia HB 1934 (2019)	bill	Administration of Government Motor Vehicles Public Service Companies	enacted	David L. Bulova	6	25	9	2019-01-06	2019-03-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a73cf8f3-e6bf-4593-8312-80e3dad6f3a2	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1934	398caffa39405f824300b570b42f9a5fadf86542332e89e591f567f8fb190e77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1934 (2019) — Electric vehicle charging stations; operation by certain state agencies.

Authorizes the Department of General Services, Department of Motor Vehicles, and Department of Transportation to locate and operate a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property the agency controls if the electric vehicle charging services are offered at prevailing market rates, as defined in the bill. The bill exempts such agencies from being considered a public utility solely because of the sale of electric vehicle charging service or the ownership or operation of an electric vehicle charging station and further exempts such service from constituting the retail sale of electricity. Currently, such provisions are applicable only to the Department of Conservation and Recreation when operating a retail fee-based electric vehicle charging station on property of any existing state park or similar recreational facility the Department of Conservation and Recreation controls.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0248) (committee substitute) — source
2. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1934ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Committee substitute printed 19105061D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102541D (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107270D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107270D-S1 — 66–34 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 10–3 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House — 69–30 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting — 8–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• David J. Toscano — cosponsor (person)
• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy D. Hugo — cosponsor (person)
• Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102541D introduction
• 2019-01-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2019-01-14 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2019-01-17 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2019-01-24 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2019-01-25 Assigned App. sub: General Government & Capital Outlay referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 19105061D-H1
• 2019-02-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1934H1
• 2019-02-05 Read third time and passed House (69-Y 30-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-06 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-06 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 19107270D-S1
• 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1934S1
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107270D-S1 (66-Y 34-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
• 2019-03-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 248 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a73cf8f3-e6bf-4593-8312-80e3dad6f3a2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).