---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources."
description: "Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources; projects on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. Provides that for purposes of compliance with a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program, to the extent that low-income qualifying projects, as defined in existing law, are not available and projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools are available, a certain percentage of the required projects shall be composed of projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. This bill is identical to HB 1934."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1192"
citation: "Virginia SB 1192 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1617b33-994f-4b16-9e9f-51b51ac71d00"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1192"
source_hash: "09ba4695f969f15945a229833d310b613c668b310e0119b3c89211bd14b0ca37"
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 1192 (2025) — Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources.

Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources; projects on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. Provides that for purposes of compliance with a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program, to the extent that low-income qualifying projects, as defined in existing law, are not available and projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools are available, a certain percentage of the required projects shall be composed of projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. This bill is identical to HB 1934.

## 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/1018153.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079902.PDF)
3. **Governor Substitute Not Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074768.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074199.HTML)
5. **Governor's Signature Explanation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080178.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060116.PDF)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 3-N) — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to — **19–21** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (74-Y 23-N) — **74–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101469D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1192)
- **2025-02-03** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Labor and Commerce (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (74-Y 23-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1192ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1192)
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (SB1192S1)
- **2025-03-25** Governor's substitute printed (SB1192S1)
- **2025-04-02** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) `veto-override-passage`
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 713 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Governor's Signature Explanation
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0713)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1617b33-994f-4b16-9e9f-51b51ac71d00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).