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Bill Underground utility facilities; Fairfax County. Underground utility facilities; Fairfax County. Removes the sunset on a pilot program allowing a locality that has adopted the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) to request an electric utility to place underground electric distribution lines as part of a transportation infrastructure improvement project and changes a number of provisions in the program including (i) expanding the scope to include electric cooperatives, telecommunications providers, cable providers, and other utilities; (ii) expanding the scope to include all underground facilities; (iii) making negotiable in the agreement the costs of relocating the facilities; (iv) placing additional limits on the levy to fund the project and the types of projects for which it may be imposed; and (v) authorizing the locality to secure necessary permits on behalf of the utility or provider. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2021 SB 1385 Virginia SB 1385 (2021)
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Virginia SB 1385 (2021) — Underground utility facilities; Fairfax County.

Underground utility facilities; Fairfax County. Removes the sunset on a pilot program allowing a locality that has adopted the urban county executive form of government (Fairfax County) to request an electric utility to place underground electric distribution lines as part of a transportation infrastructure improvement project and changes a number of provisions in the program including (i) expanding the scope to include electric cooperatives, telecommunications providers, cable providers, and other utilities; (ii) expanding the scope to include all underground facilities; (iii) making negotiable in the agreement the costs of relocating the facilities; (iv) placing additional limits on the levy to fund the project and the types of projects for which it may be imposed; and (v) authorizing the locality to secure necessary permits on behalf of the utility or provider.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0505 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Conference substitute printed 21200744D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102804D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1385ER (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB1385S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 038 (fail) · upper
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 327 (pass) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N) — 362 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (57-Y 39-N) — 5639 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 42-N) — 5442 (pass) · lower
  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N) — 1110 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) — 336 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
  • Adam P. Ebbin — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102804D introduction
  • 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2021-02-01 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-01 Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21104285D-S1 substitution
  • 2021-02-01 Substitute bill reprinted 21104285D-S1
  • 2021-02-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
  • 2021-02-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-03 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2021-02-03 Committee substitute agreed to 21104285D-S1
  • 2021-02-03 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1385S1
  • 2021-02-04 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
  • 2021-02-07 Read first time reading-1
  • 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns
  • 2021-02-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2021-02-19 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N) committee-passage
  • 2021-02-23 Read second time reading-2
  • 2021-02-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2021-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2021-02-25 Passed by temporarily
  • 2021-02-25 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2021-02-25 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2021-02-25 Passed House with amendments (57-Y 39-N) passage
  • 2021-02-25 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 39-N)
  • 2021-02-25 House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N)
  • 2021-02-25 House insisted on substitute
  • 2021-02-25 House requested conference committee
  • 2021-02-25 Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N)
  • 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2021-02-25 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2021-02-27 Amended by conference committee
  • 2021-02-27 Conference substitute printed 21200744D-S2
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 42-N)
  • 2021-02-27 VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 42-N)
  • 2021-02-27 Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N)
  • 2021-03-09 Enrolled
  • 2021-03-09 Signed by President
  • 2021-03-11 Signed by Speaker
  • 2021-03-15 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
  • 2021-03-15 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 2021-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 505 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/74c24427-a020-4e99-ba69-7d8064e43fb7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).