---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities, certain; proposed facilities were subject to competitive procurement, etc."
description: "Electric utilities, certain; proposed facilities were subject to competitive procurement, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2305"
citation: "Virginia HB 2305 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Webert"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 36
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94dc7fde-bbf9-4574-ae85-5ff77c4f18b3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2305"
source_hash: "97757a10f7729e26507e03e70b832ca5d675efa97584d9b9e2879f7797e293d3"
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 2305 (2023) — Electric utilities, certain; proposed facilities were subject to competitive procurement, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0732** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0732)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23107250D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2305S1)
3. **HB2305ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2305ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23103228D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2305)

## Votes

- Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (12-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Webert — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23103228D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-22** Impact statement from SCC (HB2305)
- **2023-01-24** Assigned sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Commerce and Energy (12-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
- **2023-02-06** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (53-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (53-Y 46-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23107250D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23107250D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2305S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (36-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23107250D-S1 (93-Y 2-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 2-N)
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB2305S1)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2305ER) `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`
- **2023-03-20** Impact statement from SCC (HB2305ER)
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 732 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94dc7fde-bbf9-4574-ae85-5ff77c4f18b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).