---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision."
description: "Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. Postpones the scheduled expiration of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 130"
citation: "Virginia SB 130 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas K. Norment, Jr."]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-12-17"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2587d0a-d57f-4bde-9f88-a958cdfa5c5d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB130"
source_hash: "1be39be326f338a4823ca681dc52dc8d46da5db1e7a4bc94a0b9d62f4230070a"
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 SB 130 (2020) — Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; extends sunset provision.

Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. Postpones the scheduled expiration of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation from July 1, 2020, to July 1, 2022.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0627)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0627)
2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB130ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB130ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (SB130)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB130)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas K. Norment, Jr. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-12-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103523D `introduction`
- **2019-12-17** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB130)
- **2020-02-07** Reported from Rules (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-11** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-14** Placed on Calendar
- **2020-02-14** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-14** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported from Rules (17-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB130ER)
- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 627 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2587d0a-d57f-4bde-9f88-a958cdfa5c5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).