2014 SESSION

Convened January 8, 2014
Adjourned sine die March 8, 2014
Reconvened April 23, 2014
Adjourned sine die April 23, 2014

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANIES

(P) Passed (F) Failed (V) Vetoed (I) Incoporated into other legislation

(C) Carried over to 2015 Session

Broadband and other telecommunications services; provision by localities. Amending § 15.2-2160. (Patron-Vogel, SB 308 (F))

Cellular telephone or other wireless communications device; warrant requirement for use as tracking device. Amending § 19.2-56.2. (Patron-Carr, HB 814 (F))

Competitive telephone companies; regulation of local exchange companies, duties. Amending § 56-57; adding §§ 56-54.2 through 56-54.7. (Patron-Hugo, HB 774 (Chapter 340); Saslaw, SB 584 (Chapter 376))

Distributed electric generation; establishment of community solar gardens. Adding §§ 56-609 through 56-614. (Patron-Surovell, HB 1158 (F))

Electric utilities; on-bill financing programs for eligible energy efficiency measures. Adding § 56-585.4. (Patron-Yancey, HB 1001 (C))

Electric utility regulation; approval of generation facilities, State Corporation Commission, in its consideration of an application for approval of an electrical generation facility, to consider environmental effects not expressly governed by a permit or expressly considered by a permitting authority. Amending §§ 56-46.1 and 56-580. (Patron-Kory, HB 363 (F))

Electric utility regulation; net energy metering by municipalities and multifamily customer-generators, generation facility to be located on land owned, leased, or operated by the municipality. Amending §§ 56-589 and 56-594. (Patron-Krupicka, HB 906 (F))

Electric utility regulation; net energy metering by municipalities and multifamily customer-generators, generation facility to be located on land owned or controlled by the municipality. Amending §§ 56-589 and 56-594. (Patron-Yost, HB 879 (F))

Electric utility regulation; recovery of certain generation facility costs, utility shall establish regulatory asset for accounting and ratemaking purposes. Amending § 56-585.1. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1059 (C))

Electric utility regulation; recovery of costs of new underground distribution facilities. Amending §§ 56-576 and 56-585.1. (Patron-Loupassi, HB 848 (Chapter 212); Saslaw, SB 585 (Chapter 548))

Electric utility regulation; recovery of costs of offshore wind facilities, certain costs incurred may be deferred by utility. Amending § 56-585.1. (Patron-McEachin, SB 643 (Chapter 550))

Electric utility regulation; recovery of distribution system costs. Amending § 56-585.1. (Patron-Kilgore, HB 1228 (C))

Electric utility regulation; recovery of nuclear costs, rate adjustment clauses. Amending § 56-585.1. (Patron-Stosch, SB 459 (Chapter 541))

Electric utility regulation; renewable energy portfolio standard, distributed generation minimum, registration system for renewable energy certificates. Amending § 56-585.2. (Patron-Surovell, HB 1061 (F))

Electric utility regulation; renewable energy portfolio standard program, implementation of registration and tracking system for renewable energy certificates. Amending § 56-585.2. (Patron-Yost, HB 881 (C); Edwards, SB 580 (F))

Electric utility regulation; renewable energy portfolio standard program, renewable energy certificates. Amending § 56-585.2. (Patron-Lopez, HB 822 (Chapter 420); McEachin, SB 498 (Chapter 465))

Electrical utility facilities; consideration of stability of fuel prices. Amending § 56-46.1. (Patron-Lopez, HB 808 (F))

Electronic communication service or remote computing devices; warrant requirement for certain telecommunication records, search warrant or administrative subpoena for disclosure of real-time location data. Amending § 19.2-70.3. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 17 (Chapter 388))

Federal government; allows Governor to declare a state of emergency in response to a shutdown, etc. Amending §§ 17.1-114, 17.1-330, 44-146.16, and 56-247.1. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 90 (F))

Highways, bridges, ferries, rail transportation, etc.; recodifying and revising laws. Adding §§ 33.2-100 through 33.2-285, 33.2-300 through 33.2-1400, 33.2-1500 through 33.2-1824, and 33.2-1900 through 33.2-3202; repealing §§ 15.2-4500 through 15.2-4534, 15.2-4829 through 15.2-4840, 15.2-7000 through 15.2-7021, 15.2-7022 through 15.2-7035, 33.1-1 through 33.1-465, 56-529, 56-530, 56-556 through 56-575, 58.1-815, 58.1-815.1, Chapter 693, 1954 Acts, Chapters 462 and 714, 1956 Acts, Chapter 24, 1959 Extra Session Acts, Chapters 228 and 605, 1962 Acts, Chapter 348, 1964 Acts, Chapter 203, 1990 Acts, Chapter 548, 1998 Acts, Chapters 238 and 705, 2000 Acts, and Chapters 270 and 297, 2005 Acts. (Patron-LeMunyon, HB 311 (Chapter 805))

Land use permits; permits issued by VDOT to person providing utility service solely for their own agricultural or residential use. Amending § 2.2-1151.1. (Patron-Fariss, HB 560 (Chapter 277))

Natural gas utilities; upstream supply infrastructure projects. Amending §§ 56-235.9, 56-265.2:1, and 56-265.4; adding § 56-609. (Patron-Hugo, HB 949 (Chapter 507); Wagner, SB 519 (Chapter 467))

Natural gas-fueled electric generation facilities; approval of construction of certain facilities. Adding § 56-585.4. (Patron-O’Quinn, HB 1224 (F))

Net energy metering by municipalities and multifamily customer-generators; projects authorized. Amending §§ 56-589 and 56-594. (Patron-Edwards, SB 350 (C))

Personal property tax; exemption may include electronic communications and processing devices and equipment, including but not limited to cell phones and tablet and personal computers, including peripheral equipment such as printers. Amending § 58.1-3504. (Patron-Davis, HB 589 (Chapter 279))

Personal property tax; localities authorized to tax telephone and telegraph companies. Amending §§ 58.1-2606 and 58.1-2628. (Patron-Hanger, SB 428 (C))

Political contributions; prohibitions during procurement process. Amending §§ 2.2-3104.01, 2.2-4376.1, 56-573.3, and 56-575.17:1. (Patron-Rasoul, HB 1159 (C))

Provisional driver’s license holders; changes use of cell phone from secondary offense to primary offense. Amending § 46.2-334.01. (Patron-Barker, SB 139 (F))

Public comment and transparency; presentation of proposals to Committees of General Assembly. Amending § 56-573.1:1; adding § 56-573.1:2. (Patron-Alexander, SB 26 (F))

Public service companies; updates citation to federal Public Utility Holding Company Act and removes an obsolete reference to repealed sections of Code of Virginia. Amending §§ 56-46.3 and 56-122. (Patron-Habeeb, HB 25 (Chapter 192))

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; additional requirements for certain comprehensive agreements. Adding § 56-560.1. (Patron-James, HB 346 (F); Locke, SB 165 (F))

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; comprehensive agreements to include provision providing for reduced rates for commuters. Amending § 56-566. (Patron-Alexander, SB 91 (F))

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995; General Assembly approval of schedule of tolls and fees. Amending §§ 56-565 and 56-566. (Patron-Joannou, HB 1136 (F))

Public-Private Transportation Act of 1995 and Public-Private Education Facilities and Infrastructure Act of 2002; additional requirements for comprehensive agreements. Adding §§ 56-560.1 and 56-575.4:1. (Patron-James, HB 349 (F))

Renewable energy portfolio standard program, mandatory; Commission on Electric Utility Regulation to study establishment of program for the Commonwealth. (Patron-Herring, HJR 76 (F))

Service districts; adds Prince William County to list of those localities with authority to establish to impose taxes or assessments upon owners of abutting property for underground relocation of distribution lines for electricity, telephone, etc. Amending § 15.2-2404. (Patron-Torian, HB 1101 (F); Puller, SB 550 (C))

Telecommunications providers; notices of data releases to federal agencies. Amending § 56-1.3; adding § 56-247.2. (Patron-Marshall, R.G., HB 13 (F))

Telecommunications records; warrant requirement for certain records to be retrieved. Amending §§ 18.2-152.17 and 19.2-70.3. (Patron-Carr, HB 817 (I) See HB17)

Telephone companies; establishes procedure by which certain companies may elect to be regulated as competitive telephone companies. Amending §§ 56-57 and 56-88.1; adding §§ 56-54.2 through 56-54.8. (Patron-Byron, HB 106 (F))

Telephone systems within correctional facilities; revenues received by the Commonwealth on prisoner telephone calls shall be paid into state treasury, Prisoner Reentry Fund established. Amending § 53.1-1.1; adding § 53.1-1.2. (Patron-Hope, HB 414 (F))

Utility crossings; localities and political subdivisions whose facilities are to be crossed or affected shall cooperate with the other in planning, etc., should private entity and any locality or political subdivision not be able to agree upon plan, then entity may request in writing to Commonwealth Transportation Board, that Board consider matter pursuant to its authority. Amending §§ 56-560 and 56-570. (Patron-Rust, HB 978 (Chapter 474))

Voting machines; those purchased by locality after July 1, 2014, shall not allow wireless communications at any time. Amending § 24.2-625.2. (Patron-Sickles, HB 1231 (F))