republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-665.md

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Bill	Electrical transmission lines; effect on scenic assets, historic resources, and environment.	Electrical transmission lines; effect on historic resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC), priorto approving the construction of any electrical transmission linesof 138 kilovolts or more, to determine that the corridor or routechosen for the line will avoid any adverse impact on the scenic assets, historic resources, and environment of the area concerned. If theSCC determines that no route or corridor exists that can avoid anysuch adverse impact, the SCC is directed to choose the corridor orroute that minimizes such adverse impacts to the greatest extentreasonably practicable. Currently, the SCC is required to determinethat such a line's corridor or route will reasonably minimize adverseimpact on the scenic assets, historic districts, and environmentof the area concerned.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 665	Virginia HB 665 (2020)	bill		enacted	Michael P. Mullin	4	28	6	2020-01-06	2020-03-25	openstates	ocd-bill/69004df0-4266-4a29-84d3-4dce1991e58a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB665	f996c84c02086ffeaa44bc6084e680cc4cf45b46ec5d984ba4a7e7df43ac6940	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 665 (2020) — Electrical transmission lines; effect on scenic assets, historic resources, and environment.

Electrical transmission lines; effect on historic resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission (SCC), priorto approving the construction of any electrical transmission linesof 138 kilovolts or more, to determine that the corridor or routechosen for the line will avoid any adverse impact on the scenic assets, historic resources, and environment of the area concerned. If theSCC determines that no route or corridor exists that can avoid anysuch adverse impact, the SCC is directed to choose the corridor orroute that minimizes such adverse impacts to the greatest extentreasonably practicable. Currently, the SCC is required to determinethat such a line's corridor or route will reasonably minimize adverseimpact on the scenic assets, historic districts, and environmentof the area concerned.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0450) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB665ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House as amended HB665E (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (HB665) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (88-Y 12-N) — 87–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Michael P. Mullin — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102992D introduction
• 2020-01-06 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from SCC (HB665)
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendments (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House as amended HB665E
• 2020-02-06 Printed as engrossed 20102992D-E
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (88-Y 12-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Impact statement from SCC (HB665E)
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-13 Impact statement from SCC (HB665ER)
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-25 Approved by Governor-Chapter 450 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69004df0-4266-4a29-84d3-4dce1991e58a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).