---
type: "Bill"
title: "Phase I Utilities; financing for certain deferred fuel costs, biennial reviews, etc."
description: "Phase I Utilities; financing for certain deferred fuel costs, biennial reviews, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1777"
citation: "Virginia HB 1777 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Quinn"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65bcb84c-e4ad-4bd6-a756-3ff44b0a958a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1777"
source_hash: "cb48283c88b3c16c4f0dec797d6961ab19debff291bd9a6078e0e4f26dc06a4e"
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 1777 (2023) — Phase I Utilities; financing for certain deferred fuel costs, biennial reviews, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0776** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0776)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106201D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1777H1)
3. **Floor substitute printed 23107362D-S1 (Ruff)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1777S1)
4. **HB1777ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1777ER)
5. **HB1777ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1777ER2)
6. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101847D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1777)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 14-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- O'Quinn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101847D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1777)
- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106201D-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 23106201D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1777H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (83-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (83-Y 16-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 (HB1777H1)
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-20** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-22** Floor substitute printed 23107362D-S1 (Ruff)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-22** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-23** Substitute by Senator Ruff agreed to 23107362D-S1
- **2023-02-23** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB1777S1
- **2023-02-23** Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107362D-S1 (84-Y 5-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (84-Y 5-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1777ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Impact statement from SCC (HB1777ER)
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (81-Y 14-N)\
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (81-Y 14-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1777ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 776 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0776)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65bcb84c-e4ad-4bd6-a756-3ff44b0a958a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).