---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities; energy efficiency savings targets."
description: "Electric utilities; energy efficiency savings targets."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 1323"
citation: "Virginia SB 1323 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McClellan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1792b118-c5a9-4df9-a39e-0dc01606050b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1323"
source_hash: "23f7136c3d5dd799cf4d34cd13c6fd8ae878a972c74deac328c3011979970a3c"
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 1323 (2023) — Electric utilities; energy efficiency savings targets.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0728** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0728)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102355D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1323)
3. **Printed as engrossed 23102355D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1323E)
4. **SB1323ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1323ER)

## Votes

- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (19-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McClellan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102355D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from SCC (SB1323)
- **2023-01-30** Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (14-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1323E
- **2023-02-02** Printed as engrossed 23102355D-E
- **2023-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-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`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from SCC (SB1323E)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1323ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1323ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Approved by Governor-Chapter 728 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-27** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0728)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1792b118-c5a9-4df9-a39e-0dc01606050b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).