---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates, proceeding to review base rates."
description: "Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates, proceeding to review base rates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1604"
citation: "Virginia HB 1604 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ware"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbf23790-a550-41f8-ac6c-dbdc0f2aedf3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1604"
source_hash: "c8bacdc69e611dd01a4508fe33dd75581e3419f76905056c486d287bfdf514e4"
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 1604 (2023) — Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; regulation of rates, proceeding to review base rates.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0497** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0497)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105852D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1604H1)
3. **HB1604ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1604ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102203D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1604)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102203D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Impact statement from SCC (HB1604)
- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23105852D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105852D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1604H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (HB1604H1)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1604ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1604ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 497 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0497)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cbf23790-a550-41f8-ac6c-dbdc0f2aedf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).