---
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: "SB 1166"
citation: "Virginia SB 1166 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Surovell"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 67
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1bd09d7-8032-4f26-84ef-9c912777b1fd"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1166"
source_hash: "82e280866528ff002f75dd2c7f93528196b0f193ec4d77510f033532d3f9ea5a"
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 1166 (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. **CHAP0753** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0753)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106898D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1166H1)
3. **Conference substitute printed 23107615D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1166S2)
4. **Governor's substitute printed 23107770D-S3** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1166S3)
5. **SB1166ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1166ER)
6. **SB1166ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1166ER2)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (31-Y 9-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 35-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Surovell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104221D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB1166)
- **2023-01-23** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106233D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment rejected `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106233D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1166S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1166S1)
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106898D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (SB1166H1)
- **2023-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Committee substitute agreed to 23106898D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1166H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- **2023-02-22** Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** House substitute rejected by Senate (5-Y 35-N)
- **2023-02-23** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Surovell, Spruill, Norment
- **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 23107615D-S2
- **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 (SB1166S2)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1166ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB1166ER)
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107770D-S3
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1166ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 753 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0753)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1bd09d7-8032-4f26-84ef-9c912777b1fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).