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2020 SESSION
HB 1030 Electrical transmission lines; placement of overhead and underground lines.
Introduced by: Danica A. Roem | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Electric utility regulation; pilot program for undergrounding electrical transmission lines. Provides that the State Corporation Commission's approval of a proposed transmission line for inclusion in a pilot program established as part of the Grid Transformation and Security Act enacted in 2018 (i) precludes the placement of future overhead electrical transmission lines of at least 69 kilovolts in the same area or corridor by other transmission projects for a period of 10 years and (ii) does not preclude (a) any underground transmission lines in such right-of-way or (b) any electrical distribution lines in such right-of-way. The pilot program provides for the underground construction of two electrical transmission lines, including one for the Haymarket transmission line project in Prince William County.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101252D pdf | impact statement
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106440D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1030ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101252D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/16/20 House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
- 01/23/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20106440D-H1
- 01/30/20 House: Read first time
- 01/31/20 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/03/20 House: Read second time
- 02/03/20 House: Committee substitute agreed to 20106440D-H1
- 02/03/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1030H1
- 02/04/20 House: Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N)
- 02/04/20 House: VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N)
- 02/05/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/05/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 03/02/20 Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (13-Y 2-N)
- 03/04/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/20 Senate: Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N)
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/12/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1030ER)
- 03/12/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/12/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/17/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
- 03/17/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 797 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0797)