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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity."
+description: "Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 1821"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1821 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David A. Reid"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2025-01-06"
+last_action: "2025-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1821"
+source_hash: "d3f11ce5984acc886b790b7d2a1125c504f4aec138c70a3f072f6c39c4fa92c7"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1821 (2025) — Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity.
+
+Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013241.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079875.PDF)
+3. **Commerce and Labor Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057398.HTML)
+4. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074596.PDF)
+5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073583.HTML)
+6. **Governor's Signature Explanation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080181.PDF)
+7. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025338.PDF)
+8. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1062612.HTML)
+9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066945.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **12–10** (pass) · lower
+- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) — **52–46** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) — **50–47** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
+- Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David A. Reid — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104298D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
+- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) `substitution`
+- **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-24** Committee substitute printed 25105417D-H1 `substitution`
+- **2025-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-28** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
+- **2025-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
+- **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
+- **2025-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
+- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
+- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-19** Reading of amendments waived
+- **2025-02-19** Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate as amended
+- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
+- **2025-02-20** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1821ER) `passage`
+- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
+- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
+- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB1821H2)
+- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
+- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
+- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-02** Governor's Signature Explanation
+- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+