HB 1491 — Electric utilities; construction of new overhead transmission lines, siting requirements.
VA 20261 session
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 Dominion Energy Virginia, the bill directs the Commission to prioritize approving corridors or routes for construction for which the center is located farther than 150 feet from any dwelling house, public or private school building, day care, or place of worship unless no other practicable alternative exists.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (9)
- JJ Singh (D, VA) — sponsor
- Stacey Annie Carroll (D, VA) — cosponsor
- John Chilton McAuliff (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Danica A. Roem (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasan (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Atoosa R. Reaser (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (37)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JJ Singh (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Atoosa R. Reaser (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Danica A. Roem (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | John Chilton McAuliff (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Kannan Srinivasan (D, state_upper VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nicole Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Stacey Annie Carroll (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Stance (positions taken)
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no