republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2711.md

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Bill	Water & wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement.	Water utilities and wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement; cost recovery. Permits a water or wastewater utility to petition the State Corporation Commission for the approval of an eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement plan, as defined in the bill. The bill requires that a water or wastewater utility that receives approval for an eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement rider shall provide a proposed earnings test for informational purposes in each annual informational filing or base rate proceeding filed with the State Corporation Commission before December 1, 2030. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2035. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the State Water Commission. This bill is identical to SB 850.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2711	Virginia HB 2711 (2025)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	7	44	10	2025-01-16	2025-03-24	openstates	ocd-bill/fc895e95-cb63-46ee-9401-525047f1fe14	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2711	7710b8575986322ac2a01ac1313fe649f6da91c18c3dc07305e64d2a48383643	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2711 (2025) — Water & wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement.

Water utilities and wastewater utilities; eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement; cost recovery. Permits a water or wastewater utility to petition the State Corporation Commission for the approval of an eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement plan, as defined in the bill. The bill requires that a water or wastewater utility that receives approval for an eligible infrastructure replacement and enhancement rider shall provide a proposed earnings test for informational purposes in each annual informational filing or base rate proceeding filed with the State Corporation Commission before December 1, 2030. The provisions of the bill expire on July 1, 2035. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the State Water Commission. This bill is identical to SB 850.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce and Labor Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N 1-A) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 14-N) — 81–14 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate Amendments rejected by House (2-Y 96-N) — 2–96 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 4-N 1-A) — 17–4 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N) — 83–14 (pass) · lower
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 25104755D introduction
• 2025-01-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2025-01-24 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2711)
• 2025-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2025-01-30 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 4-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Committee substitute printed 25106509D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-03 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (83-Y 14-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2711)
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Reading of amendments waived
• 2025-02-19 Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with amendments (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate Amendments rejected by House (2-Y 96-N) amendment-failure
• 2025-02-20 Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-20 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2025-02-20 House acceded to request
• 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2025-02-20 Senators: Surovell, Bagby, DeSteph
• 2025-02-20 Conferees appointed by House
• 2025-02-20 Delegates: Lopez, Herring, O'Quinn
• 2025-02-21 Amended by conference committee
• 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by House (81-Y 14-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-21 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2711ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2711)
• 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 501 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0501)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc895e95-cb63-46ee-9401-525047f1fe14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).