---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy planning & electric utility oversight; membership for Com. on Electricity Utility Regulation."
description: "Energy planning & electric utility oversight; membership for Com. on Electricity Utility Regulation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2275"
citation: "Virginia HB 2275 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilgore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 64
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe3ce939-5e22-49a7-8045-2889f010e370"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2275"
source_hash: "3399fc93a52545ccc47c30909c9efa2ed491b800df32f045fe08e6979252c11e"
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 2275 (2023) — Energy planning & electric utility oversight; membership for Com. on Electricity Utility Regulation.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0793** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0793)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106631D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2275S1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107617D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2275H2)
4. **Governor's substitute printed 23107730D-H3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2275H3)
5. **HB2275ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2275ER)
6. **HB2275ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2275ER2)

## Votes

- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103166D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB2275)
- **2023-01-26** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26** Committee substitute printed 23105602D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (HB2275H1)
- **2023-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105602D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2275H1 `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`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106631D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2275S1)
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106631D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2275S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (27-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106631D-S1 (0-Y 98-N)
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 98-N)
- **2023-02-22** Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Spruill, Norment, Surovell
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Kilgore, Byron, Sullivan
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107617D-H2
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB2275H2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2275ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB2275ER)
- **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`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107730D-H3
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-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 (HB2275ER2) `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 793 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe3ce939-5e22-49a7-8045-2889f010e370`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).