republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-405.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Business park electric transmission infrastructure pilot program; location of qualifying projects."
description: "Business park electric transmission infrastructure pilot program; location of qualifying projects. Amends the definition of \"business park\" by adding that a business park may be established by a locality and by removing the requirement that a business park be located in an area of the Commonwealth designated as an opportunity zone by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury via his delegation of authority to the Internal Revenue Service. The bill also removes the requirement that the location of a qualifying project for an existing pilot program to promote economic development in the Commonwealth by allowing Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to complete the construction phase of electric transmission infrastructure for up to three business parks prior to the public announcement of a prospective occupant of the business parks be in an opportunity zone and provides that such a qualifying project may be within a business park in Planning District 19."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 405"
citation: "Virginia HB 405 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason S. Ballard"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/049017ba-c9ee-43bf-9712-a748534e91dc"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB405"
source_hash: "1c8b76c8f9a3b2043da7769b52878673099fa8eef37ddd6534e28fa6a6a3fade"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 405 (2022) — Business park electric transmission infrastructure pilot program; location of qualifying projects.

Business park electric transmission infrastructure pilot program; location of qualifying projects. Amends the definition of "business park" by adding that a business park may be established by a locality and by removing the requirement that a business park be located in an area of the Commonwealth designated as an opportunity zone by the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury via his delegation of authority to the Internal Revenue Service. The bill also removes the requirement that the location of a qualifying project for an existing pilot program to promote economic development in the Commonwealth by allowing Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to complete the construction phase of electric transmission infrastructure for up to three business parks prior to the public announcement of a prospective occupant of the business parks be in an opportunity zone and provides that such a qualifying project may be within a business park in Planning District 19.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0216** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0216)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105089D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB405H1)
3. **HB405ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB405ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101558D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB405)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason S. Ballard — primary (person)
- Daniel W. Marshall, III — cosponsor (person)
- Israel D. O'Quinn — cosponsor (person)
- Terry G. Kilgore — cosponsor (person)
- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101558D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-25** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
- **2022-01-27** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Committee substitute printed 22105089D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 22105089D-H1
- **2022-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB405H1
- **2022-02-02** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-02** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-03** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB405H1)
- **2022-02-18** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-21** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-28** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-03** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-03-03** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-03** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate amendments agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
- **2022-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB405ER)
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/049017ba-c9ee-43bf-9712-a748534e91dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).