---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors."
description: "Electric utilities; integrated resource plans; grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. Requires an electric utility to include in an integrated resource plan (i) a comprehensive assessment of the potential application of grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors, as those terms are defined in the bill, in a manner that ensures grid reliability and safeguards the cybersecurity and physical security of the electric distribution grid and (ii) if applicable, a detailed explanation of why such technologies or conductors are not included in such plan."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 862"
citation: "Virginia HB 862 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55b56065-c3a4-4405-a739-d546ec021760"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB862"
source_hash: "c7d22ed942521ff0d5259b7972cb6641d821e21dded2aaa26736f05564640b2a"
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 862 (2024) — Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors.

Electric utilities; integrated resource plans; grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. Requires an electric utility to include in an integrated resource plan (i) a comprehensive assessment of the potential application of grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors, as those terms are defined in the bill, in a manner that ensures grid reliability and safeguards the cybersecurity and physical security of the electric distribution grid and (ii) if applicable, a detailed explanation of why such technologies or conductors are not included in such plan.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0532** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0532)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106680D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB862H1)
3. **HB862ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB862ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104991D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB862)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) — **20–19** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — **57–39** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) — **9–6** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104991D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from SCC (HB862)
- **2024-02-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-01** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-01** Committee substitute printed 24106680D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24106680D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB862H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-07** Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-07** VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-16** Impact statement from SCC (HB862H1)
- **2024-02-26** Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-29** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB862ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from SCC (HB862ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 532 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-05** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55b56065-c3a4-4405-a739-d546ec021760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).