Virginia House Bill 2132 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 23 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. Makes various changes to the Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act. The bill (i) requires excavators to review updates in the 811 positive response system and conduct additional safety verifications before digging, (ii) allows an excavator to schedule a locate request 12 days in advance, (iii) creates a criminal penalty for any person who knowingly and intentionally excavates after being notified by a representative of the Commission of a determination that such excavation constitutes an immediate threat to safety or property and such representative requests that excavation cease, (iv) increases from $2,500 to $10,000 the maximum civil penalty for violations of the Act, and (v) updates notification requirements.

Underground Utility Damage Prevention Act; various changes to Act.

Del. Tony Wilt [R]

2023-02-15 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-14 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N) (Y: 97 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-01 - House - House: Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (Y: 20 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-24 - House - House: Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (20-Y 2-N) (Y: 20 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0299)
2023-03-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 299 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-21	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-20	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-20	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2132ER)
2023-02-20	House	Enrolled
2023-02-15	Senate	Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-15	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-14	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-14	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2023-02-13	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (97-Y 2-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (97-Y 2-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2132H2
2023-02-06	House	Committee Courts of Justice substitute agreed to 23105632D-H2
2023-02-06	House	Committee Commerce and Energy substitute rejected 23105226D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Passed by temporarily
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-03	House	Read first time
2023-02-01	House	Committee substitute printed 23105632D-H2
2023-02-01	House	Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (20-Y 0-N)
2023-01-27	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2023-01-26	House	Assigned Courts sub: Subcommittee #1
2023-01-24	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2023-01-24	House	Committee substitute printed 23105226D-H1
2023-01-24	House	Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (20-Y 2-N)
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103931D

SB1145 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300)
SB1145 (Same As) 2023-03-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0300)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2132
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2132ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0299+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105226D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105632D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23105632D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2132F160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2132F171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2132FH1160+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2132FH1171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2132FH2171+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB2132FER171+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H23V0029+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H0801V0170+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H08V0100+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1572+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S02V0120+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S05V0352+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0457HB2132+HB2132
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0467HB2132+HB2132