Utility Facilities Act; associated facilities of an electrical transmission line. (SB1110)

Introduced By

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Utility Facilities Act; associated facilities of an electrical transmission line. Provides that the issuance by the State Corporation Commission of a certificate of public convenience and necessity for construction of an electrical transmission line of 138 kilovolts and any associated facilities shall be deemed to satisfy local comprehensive plan requirements and all local zoning ordinances with respect to the transmission line and associated facilities. The measure defines "associated facilities" as including any station, substation, transition station, and switchyard facilities to be constructed in association with the 138 kilovolt transmission line. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/09/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17102098D
01/09/2017Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
01/15/2017Impact statement from SCC (SB1110)
01/30/2017Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/01/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2017Read second time and engrossed
02/03/2017Read third time and passed Senate (30-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2017Placed on Calendar
02/08/2017Read first time
02/08/2017Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
02/14/2017Reported from Commerce and Labor (18-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Read second time
02/17/2017Read third time
02/17/2017Amendment by Delegate Miller agreed to
02/17/2017Passed by for the day
02/20/2017Passed by for the day
02/21/2017Passed by for the day
02/22/2017Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
02/22/2017Rereferred to Commerce and Labor
02/25/2017Left in Commerce and Labor

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 7 minutes.

Transcript

This is a transcript of the video clips in which this bill is discussed.

EMOTIONAL DISTRESS CAUSE OF ACTION. HOWEVER -- AND I WOULD CONCEDE THAT THERE ARE INSTANCES THAT WOULD BE COVERED UNDER THAT RARELY. THAT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE IMAGE, INTIMATE IMAGE, IS CONSENSUALLY MADE, WITH THE UNDERSTANDING IT WOULD JUST BE TWO THE TWO CONSENTING -- BETWEEN THE TWO CONSENTING ADULTS BUT THEN GOES TO EVERYBODY'S ADDRESS BOOK. THE EX-BOYFRIEND GETS MAD AND DECIDES TO SEND THE PICTURES TO EVERYBODY IN HIS ADDRESS BOOK. THAT WOULD PROBABLY COME IN UNDER THE INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE CASES WOULDN'T COME IN UNDER THOSE SITUATIONS. IT WOULDN'T ADDRESS THE ISSUES WHERE THERE WAS NO CONSENT FOR THE TAKING OF THE IMAGE IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THESE CASES SAY, HEY, IT WAS JUST FOR ME. I WAS HOPING NOBODY WOULD EVER FIND OUT. AND MEANWHILE, WE HAVE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN VIOLATED BY THIS BEHAVIOR AND AREN'T ABLE TO GET COMPENSATION. THEY'RE CLASS ONE MISDEMEANORS SO THERE IS SOME DETERRENT EFFECT THERE, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, IF WE START HITTING THESE GUYS IN THEIR WALLET, THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A LOT MORE OF A DETERRENT EFFECT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. WE TALK A LOT IN THIS CHAMBER ABOUT PROTECTING WOMEN AND ABOUT DID DETER BAD CONDUCT. THIS IS A BILL THAT LETS US DO BOTH, AND I WOULD ASK THAT THE CHAMBER PLEASE PASS THE MEASURE. MR. PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM LOUDOUN, SENATOR BLACK.

Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg): WOULD THE GENTLE LADY ANSWER A QUESTION?

[Unknown]: WOULD THE JUNIOR SENATOR YIELD FOR A QUESTION?

Sen. Dick Black (R-Leesburg): I WILL.

[Unknown]: SHE YIELDS, SENATOR. YOU MENTIONED THE INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, AND THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU GIVE, TYPICALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEBODY WHO IS DOING THIS FOR HIS OWN PERSONAL SATISFACTION, BUT HE'S NOT REALLY DOING IT TO INTENTIONALLY INFLICT DISTRESS AT ALL. ISN'T IT TRUE THAT, IN FACT, HE'S SIMPLY DOING IT FOR HIS PERSONAL SATISFACTION RATHER THAN TO CREATE AND TO INFLICT DISTRESS ON THE VICTIM? THE JUNIOR SENATOR FROM LOUDOUN. MR. PRESIDENT, I WOULD RESPOND TO THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM LOUDOUN TO SAY, YES, THAT IS EXACTLY WHY MOST OF THESE INDIVIDUALS SAY THAT THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THANK YOU, SENATOR. THE QUESTION IS, SHALL SENATE BILL 1210 PASS? ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION WILL RECORD THEIR VOTES AYE; THOSE OPPOSED, NO. ARE THE SENATORS READY TO VOTE? HAVE ALL THE SENATORS VOTED? DO ANY SENATORS DESIRE TO CHANGE THEIR VOTE? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 35, NOS 4. AYES 35, NOS 4. THE BILL PASSES. SENATE BILL 806, A BILL RELATING TO THE INTERSTATE 73 CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT FUND AND PROGRAM. THE SENATOR FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY, SENATOR STANLEY.

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta): THANK YOU, AND GOOD MORNING, MR. PRESIDENT. I MOVE THAT SENATE BILL 806 PASS AND SPEAKING TO THAT MEASURE, SIR.

[Unknown]: SENATOR HAS THE FLOOR.

Sen. Bill Stanley (R-Moneta): THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT. I THINK MEMBERS OF THIS BODY HAVE HEARD FROM ME A LOT ABOUT THE INTERSTATE 73 PROJECTS PROJECT, THE CORRIDOR THAT RUNS THROUGH THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER, SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA, THROUGH ROANOKE VALLEY AND ON TO WEST VIRGINIA. WHEN WE BUILD THIS VERY IMPORTANT ROAD THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH PRIORITY CORRIDOR, IT WILL BRING TO MY REGION 48,000 TO 53,000 PERMANENT JOBS, AND THE COST THAT THE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANT MONEY WILL PUT INTO WILL PAY FOR ITSELF IN TEN YEARS FROM THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM THE JOBS AND BUSINESSES THAT WILL COME THERE. IT WILL CONNECT SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA TO THE DEEP WATER PORTS IN NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA. IT WILL CONNECT SOUTHSIDE VIRGINIA TO THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE, AND IT WILL PROVIDE HOPE TO AN AREA THAT ONCE BEFORE WAS THE ECONOMIC DRIVER OF VIRGINIA WITH TEXTILE, TOBACCO, MANUFACTURING AND COAL. IT IS THE ONE THING THAT WE NEED IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE GAME CHANGER FOR OUR FUTURE AND FOR OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE. RIGHT NOW TOO OFTEN, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, ONE OF THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATES, MR. PRESIDENT, ONE OUT OF THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVE -- ONE OUT OF THREE CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN MY AREA LIVE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL. THAT MEANS THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A CHANCE AT THE AMERICAN DREAM OR A CHANCE AT EVEN ACHIEVING A COLLEGE EDUCATION, BECAUSE OUR AVERAGE INCOME WHERE THE STATE INCOME IS 63,000, IS $28,600 FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR. IT IS STARTLING THAT ONCE WE HAD THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGHEST GRADUATION RATES, HIGHEST RATES AT INCOME PER CAPITA, AND NOW THAT HAS CHANGED. BUT I 73 WILL CHANGE THE FUTURE AND THE FUTURE OF THOSE CHILDREN, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN WE HAVE OUR CHILDREN AND WE GROW THEM AND THEY GROW UP, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO FIND A JOB. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE GREAT PIECES OF THAT PUZZLE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN OUR CHILDREN GROW UP THAT WHEN WE GO VISIT THEM, WE'RE NOT VISITING THEM ACROSS THE STATE BUT RATHER WE'RE VISITING THEM ACROSS THE STREET, AND SO THIS BILL BASICALLY TAKES THE ROUTE 58 CORRIDOR FUND, AND WHEN IT IS COMPLETED 20 YEARS FROM NOW, USED AND TRANSFORMED INTO THE I 73 CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT FUND. THIS DOES NOT CIRCUMVENT SMART


[Unknown]: COMPLIANCE. SOMETIMES DIFFICULT WHEN YOU ARE IN A BATHING SUIT ON A BOAT. I MOVE THAT WE PASS SENATE BILL 866.

Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan): SHALL THE BILL PASS? THE CLERK WILL CLOSE THE ROLL.

[Unknown]: AYES 86, NOS 13.

Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan): AYES 86, NOS 13. THE BILL IS PASSED.

[Unknown]: SENATE BILL 906 A BILL TO AMEND AND REENACT A SECTION OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA RELATING TO THE INTRODUCTION OF SNAKEHEAD FISH. THERE IS PENALTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE BILL AND REPORTED FROM THE COMMITTEE OF AGRICULTURE, CHESAPEAKE AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

Del. Bill Howell (R-Fredericksburg): THE GENTLEMAN FROM FAIRFAX.

[Unknown]: I THINK TODAY IS MY LUCKY DAY. NOT ONE BUT TWO BILLS FROM THIS PATRON. SENATE BILL 906 WOULD MAKE IT A PENALTY OR INCREASE A PENALTY FOR INTRODUCING THE SNAKEHEAD FISH NOT ONLY INTO THE STATE BUT WITHIN THE STATE. BACK IN 2004 WHEN WE DISCOVER THE THESE INVASIVE FISH SPECIES IN VIRGINIA, WE MADE IT A CRIME IN 2005 AND MADE IT A MISDEMEANOR ONE. NOW THAT IT HAS BEEN HERE FOR A DECADE SOME OF THE POPULATIONS ARE FINDING THEMSELVES OUTSIDE OF THE POTOMAC AREA. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE