VA HB1671 | 2017 | Regular Session
Status
Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on April 5 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-04-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]
Summary
Qualified projects of natural gas utilities. Exempts any natural gas utility serving fewer than 2,000 residential customers and fewer than 350 commercial and industrial customers in the year in which the utility makes an investment for qualifying projects from the provision that limits the amount of investment that a natural gas utility may make in qualifying projects to one percent of its net plant investment that was used in establishing base rates in its most recent rate case. The existing exemption to the one percent cap was enacted in 2013 and applies to any natural gas utility serving fewer than 1,000 residential customers and fewer than 250 commercial and industrial customers in such year. Legislation enacted in 2012 established a mechanism for natural gas utilities to recover the eligible infrastructure development costs of a qualifying project through future rates. A qualifying project is an economic development project for which, among other things, the utility has received a binding commitment from the developer or occupant of the proposed project regarding capacity or a financial guaranty from the developer or state or local government in the amount of at least 50 percent of the estimated investment to be made in the proposed project. This bill is identical to SB 1289.
Title
Natural gas utilities; qualified projects, investments in eligible infrastructure.
Sponsors
Roll Calls
2017-04-05 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-05 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-17 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-04-05 - House - House: VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (Y: 97 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-17 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-05 | Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0780) | |
| 2017-04-05 | House | Enacted, Chapter 780 (effective 7/1/17) |
| 2017-04-05 | Senate | Signed by President as reenrolled |
| 2017-04-05 | House | Signed by Speaker as reenrolled |
| 2017-04-05 | House | Reenrolled bill text (HB1671ER2) |
| 2017-04-05 | House | Reenrolled |
| 2017-04-05 | Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted | |
| 2017-04-05 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-04-05 | House | VOTE: ADOPTION (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-04-05 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation (100-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-04-05 | House | Placed on Calendar |
| 2017-03-03 | House | Governor's recommendation received by House |
| 2017-02-21 | Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017 | |
| 2017-02-21 | House | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17 |
| 2017-02-21 | Senate | Signed by President |
| 2017-02-20 | House | Signed by Speaker |
| 2017-02-20 | House | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1671ER) |
| 2017-02-20 | House | Enrolled |
| 2017-02-16 | Senate | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-16 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-16 | Senate | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-16 | Senate | Read third time |
| 2017-02-15 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-02-13 | Senate | Reported from Commerce and Labor (11-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-25 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2017-01-25 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 2017-01-24 | House | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-24 | House | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-23 | House | Printed as engrossed 17102752D-E |
| 2017-01-23 | House | Engrossed by House as amended HB1671E |
| 2017-01-23 | House | Committee amendment agreed to |
| 2017-01-23 | House | Read second time |
| 2017-01-20 | House | Passed by for the day |
| 2017-01-19 | House | Read first time |
| 2017-01-17 | House | Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (20-Y 0-N) |
| 2017-01-05 | House | Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor |
| 2017-01-05 | House | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102752D |
