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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.
- CHAP0505 (committee substitute) — source
- Conference substitute printed 21200744D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102804D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1385ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB1385S1 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 38-N) — 0–38 (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (32-Y 7-N) — 32–7 (pass) · upper
- Senate acceded to request (36-Y 2-N) — 36–2 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 39-N) — 56–39 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Agreed To (55-Y 42-N) — 54–42 (pass) · lower
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Counties, Cities and Towns — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government with substitute (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (11-Y 10-N) — 11–10 (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N) — 33–6 (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).