---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities; procurement of certain equipment."
description: "Electric utilities; procurement. Requires a utility, in the construction of certain onshore wind, solar, and energy storage facilities, to procure, subject to a competitive process, equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced. Additionally, the bill requires a utility, in the construction of certain offshore wind projects, to develop and submit a plan for review to the State Corporation Commission that includes considerations for the procurement of equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1295"
citation: "Virginia SB 1295 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill DeSteph"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddf679e5-d2db-4c50-8302-e1d95c5dcb28"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1295"
source_hash: "6eb20301995bde128a11087443bf9376fc7f2d2c80d7cb307d741f4254d83c0e"
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 1295 (2021) — Electric utilities; procurement of certain equipment.

Electric utilities; procurement. Requires a utility, in the construction of certain onshore wind, solar, and energy storage facilities, to procure, subject to a competitive process, equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced. Additionally, the bill requires a utility, in the construction of certain offshore wind projects, to develop and submit a plan for review to the State Corporation Commission that includes considerations for the procurement of equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0328** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0328)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103779D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1295S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101950D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1295)
4. **SB1295ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1295ER)

## Votes

- Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A)) — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101950D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from SCC (SB1295)
- **2021-01-25** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-01** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Committee substitute printed 21103779D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 21103779D-S1
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1295S1
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A)) `passage`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** 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`
- **2021-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (SB1295S1)
- **2021-02-15** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-19** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (SB1295ER)
- **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 328 (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/ddf679e5-d2db-4c50-8302-e1d95c5dcb28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).