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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements."
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description: "Electric utilities; construction of certain electrical transmission lines; siting requirements. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in order to approve the construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more, to determine that the corridor or route chosen for the line will avoid or reasonably minimize adverse impact to the greatest extent reasonably practicable on dwelling houses. For overhead transmission lines of 500 kilovolts or more constructed by Dominion Energy Virginia, the bill directs the Commission to prioritize approving corridors or routes for construction for which the center is located farther than 150 feet from any dwelling house, public or private school building, day care, or place of worship unless no other practicable alternative exists."
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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: "HB 1491"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1491 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["JJ Singh"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-23"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/541fbe81-f13e-4ec3-86cf-f1d0cecef1b6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1491"
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source_hash: "1233fa9bcd9f78bae04071c93d61ecab6be0244d787512780473828166ad684f"
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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 HB 1491 (2026) — Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements.
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Electric utilities; construction of certain electrical transmission lines; siting requirements. Requires the State Corporation Commission, in order to approve the construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts or more, to determine that the corridor or route chosen for the line will avoid or reasonably minimize adverse impact to the greatest extent reasonably practicable on dwelling houses. For overhead transmission lines of 500 kilovolts or more constructed by Dominion Energy Virginia, the bill directs the Commission to prioritize approving corridors or routes for construction for which the center is located farther than 150 feet from any dwelling house, public or private school building, day care, or place of worship unless no other practicable alternative exists.
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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/1095531.PDF)
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2. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1138739.PDF)
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3. **Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1132225.PDF)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1213588.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **62–35** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **39–1** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- JJ Singh — primary (person)
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- Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
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- Danica A. Roem — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- John Chilton McAuliff — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Stacey Annie Carroll — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-23** Presented and ordered printed 26104454D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-23** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-29** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1491)
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- **2026-02-05** House subcommittee offered
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- **2026-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-10** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26107224D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-17** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1491)
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- **2026-03-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-12** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1491ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1491)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 866 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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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/541fbe81-f13e-4ec3-86cf-f1d0cecef1b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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