---
type: "Bill"
title: "Demand response programs; evaluation and assessment by Department of Energy, report."
description: "Department of Energy; demand response programs; evaluation and assessment; report. Directs the Department of Energy to evaluate and assess the benefits and impacts of and best practices and implementation recommendations for demand response programs in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of such evaluation and assessment by November 1, 2026."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Virginia SB 43 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-11-22"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76feedb7-35f7-4115-9d7f-aa8eaab1daee"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB43"
source_hash: "f2d423c2a393305fe1bb4d542b3df2ac439baf73ceea7e4caad03c7d9599d048"
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 43 (2026) — Demand response programs; evaluation and assessment by Department of Energy, report.

Department of Energy; demand response programs; evaluation and assessment; report. Directs the Department of Energy to evaluate and assess the benefits and impacts of and best practices and implementation recommendations for demand response programs in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of such evaluation and assessment by November 1, 2026.

## 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/1081647.PDF)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211803.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-11-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101177D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-11-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB43)
- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-12** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (71-Y 28-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB43ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB43)
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 874 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76feedb7-35f7-4115-9d7f-aa8eaab1daee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).