---
type: "Bill"
title: "Va. Energy Plan; amends Plan to include an analysis of electric vehicle charging infrastructure."
description: "Transportation electrification; Virginia EnergyPlan. Amends the Virginia Energy Plan to include an analysisof electric vehicle charging infrastructure and other infrastructureneeded to support the 2045 net-zero carbon target in the transportationsector."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1223"
citation: "Virginia SB 1223 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer B. Boysko"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91740cfe-dbc8-4a7b-b75d-b64351c3b709"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1223"
source_hash: "7f123454f0cf1820989290e4e20686c89d37a43bbf29ea816bf20e5eda3ccb51"
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 1223 (2021) — Va. Energy Plan; amends Plan to include an analysis of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

Transportation electrification; Virginia EnergyPlan. Amends the Virginia Energy Plan to include an analysisof electric vehicle charging infrastructure and other infrastructureneeded to support the 2045 net-zero carbon target in the transportationsector.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0326** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0326)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101437D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1223)
3. **SB1223ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1223ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 15-N) — **22–15** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jennifer B. Boysko — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Ghazala F. Hashmi — cosponsor (person)
- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
- Janet D. Howell — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Scott A. Surovell — cosponsor (person)
- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101437D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (SB1223)
- **2021-01-25** Reported from Commerce and Labor (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
- **2021-02-10** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed House (57-Y 42-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from DPB (SB1223ER)
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 326 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91740cfe-dbc8-4a7b-b75d-b64351c3b709`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).