republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-1491.md

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Bill	Phase I Utility; recovery of development costs associated with small modular nuclear facility.	Phase I Utility; recovery of development costs associated with small modular nuclear facility. Permits American Electric Power, prior to the filing of an application for a certificate to construct a small modular nuclear facility, to request the State Corporation Commission to review such utility's decision to incur project development costs, as defined in the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2034.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 1491	Virginia HB 1491 (2024)	bill		enacted	Israel D. O'Quinn	6	40	8	2024-01-19	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/bfd7b5cd-174a-4f1c-a57a-9930f08b28c1	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1491	9f7fad2a1d50926abf371d8c909584021ec48ddf3978dfc5be37c7c86e0a283e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1491 (2024) — Phase I Utility; recovery of development costs associated with small modular nuclear facility.

Phase I Utility; recovery of development costs associated with small modular nuclear facility. Permits American Electric Power, prior to the filing of an application for a certificate to construct a small modular nuclear facility, to request the State Corporation Commission to review such utility's decision to incur project development costs, as defined in the bill. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2034.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0836 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107361D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Governor's substitute printed 24109355D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB1491ER (committee substitute) — source
5. HB1491ER2 (committee substitute) — source
6. Presented and ordered printed 24105795D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) — 73–24 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 34-N 1-A) — 63–34 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) — 20–18 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Israel D. O'Quinn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105795D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Impact statement from SCC (HB1491)
• 2024-02-06 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-06 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) substitution
• 2024-02-08 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107361D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107361D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1491H1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 24-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Impact statement from SCC (HB1491H1)
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-29 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Passed Senate (20-Y 18-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1491ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2024-04-08 Governor's substitute printed 24109355D-H2
• 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 34-N 1-A)
• 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 34-N 1-A)
• 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (26-Y 14-N)
• 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB1491ER2) enrolled
• 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 836 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
• 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0836)
• 2024-04-22 Impact statement from SCC (HB1491ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/bfd7b5cd-174a-4f1c-a57a-9930f08b28c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).