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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric substation construction agreements; \"electric cooperatives\" or \"cooperative\", definitions."
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description: "Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction agreements. Permits an electric cooperative to enter into an agreement to construct a substation with a member receiving regulated electric service, with an electric demand of at least 20 megawatts during the most recent calendar year, that requires a point of interconnection with a transmission line system of 230 kilovolts or more. The bill provides that, upon final completion of a substation constructed under such an agreement, the member shall transfer ownership of such substation to the cooperative for the cooperative to operate and maintain at the member's sole expense. Under the bill, the costs of acquisition, operation, or maintenance of such a substation shall be excluded from the cooperative's general and base rates and shall not be recovered from any other ratepayer. This bill is identical to HB 1191."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 377"
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citation: "Virginia SB 377 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Scott A. Surovell"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-03-31"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d7df34f7-8aad-4b1c-bc11-1bada72a4e8e"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB377"
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source_hash: "8e7fde3fc5bb8892019e07cc75c9f8c6c339a665d50eefb01b85ca0b46453186"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 377 (2026) — Electric substation construction agreements; "electric cooperatives" or "cooperative", definitions.
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Utility consumer services cooperatives; substation construction agreements. Permits an electric cooperative to enter into an agreement to construct a substation with a member receiving regulated electric service, with an electric demand of at least 20 megawatts during the most recent calendar year, that requires a point of interconnection with a transmission line system of 230 kilovolts or more. The bill provides that, upon final completion of a substation constructed under such an agreement, the member shall transfer ownership of such substation to the cooperative for the cooperative to operate and maintain at the member's sole expense. Under the bill, the costs of acquisition, operation, or maintenance of such a substation shall be excluded from the cooperative's general and base rates and shall not be recovered from any other ratepayer. This bill is identical to HB 1191.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1089833.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214858.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136053.PDF)
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4. **Senator Surovell Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1143413.PDF)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188346.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
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- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
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- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
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- Todd E. Pillion — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105247D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-03** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB377)
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- **2026-02-09** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107087D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Floor substitute printed 26107668D-S2 (Surovell)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Floor offered Senator Surovell Substitute
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- **2026-02-12** Reading of substitute waived (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Senator Surovell Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB377)
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- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB377ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB377)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Approved by Governor-Chapter 22 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-03-31** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0022)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d7df34f7-8aad-4b1c-bc11-1bada72a4e8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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