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| Bill | Electric utilities; recovery of development costs associated with small modular reactor. | Electric utilities; recovery of development costs associated with small modular reactor. Permits Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission at any time for the approval of a rate adjustment clause for the recovery of small modular reactor project development costs for up to one small modular reactor facility. The bill also permits the utility to petition the Commission for project development cost recovery along separate development phases. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2029. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | SB 454 | Virginia SB 454 (2024) |
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Virginia SB 454 (2024) — Electric utilities; recovery of development costs associated with small modular reactor.
Electric utilities; recovery of development costs associated with small modular reactor. Permits Dominion Energy Virginia to petition the State Corporation Commission at any time for the approval of a rate adjustment clause for the recovery of small modular reactor project development costs for up to one small modular reactor facility. The bill also permits the utility to petition the Commission for project development cost recovery along separate development phases. The bill has an expiration date of December 31, 2029.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0789 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106520D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108309D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Governor's substitute printed 24109376D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
- SB454ER (committee substitute) — source
- SB454ER2 (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 16-N) — 20–16 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N 1-A) — 51–44 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 7-N) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 13-N) — 27–13 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 27-N 1-A) — 67–27 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104921D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 Impact statement from SCC (SB454)
- 2024-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24106520D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24106520D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB454S1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 16-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
- 2024-02-16 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2024-02-16 Impact statement from SCC (SB454S1)
- 2024-02-27 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-27 Committee substitute printed 24108309D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-29 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-03-01 Passed by for the day
- 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
- 2024-03-05 Passed by for the day
- 2024-03-06 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-06 Committee on Labor and Commerce substitute rejected 24108309D-H1
- 2024-03-06 Passed by temporarily
- 2024-03-06 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-03-06 Amendments by Delegate Mundon King agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-03-06 Motion to rerefer to committee on Labor and Commerce by Delegate Ware rejected
referral-committee - 2024-03-06 Passed House with amendments (52-Y 44-N 1-A)
passage - 2024-03-06 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 44-N 1-A)
passage - 2024-03-07 House amendments agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N)
amendment-passage - 2024-03-08 Impact statement from SCC (SB454H1)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB454ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
executive-veto-line-item - 2024-04-08 Governor's substitute printed 24109376D-S2
- 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (27-Y 13-N)
- 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 27-N 1-A)
- 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 27-N 1-A)
- 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted
executive-signature - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB454ER2)
enrolled - 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
enrolled, passage - 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 789 (effective 7/1/24)
became-law - 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0789)
- 2024-04-22 Impact statement from SCC (SB454ER)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1dc4deeb-8de5-4d79-9bf6-9b86754625da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).