Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements.
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Became law
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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 56-46.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electric utilities; construction of certain electrical transmission lines; siting requirements.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
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 Domini
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 23, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 866 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
9
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
JJ SinghStacey Annie CarrollJohn Chilton McAuliffDanica A. RoemKannan SrinivasanJoshua G. ColeNicole ColeElizabeth R. GuzmanAtoosa R. Reaser
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (39-Y 1-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-12 · P · Y 39, N 1
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 15
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-16 · P · Y 62, N 35, X 3
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-10 · P · Y 17, N 5
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 6, X 1, N 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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