---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources."
description: "Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources; projects on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. Provides that for purposes of compliance with a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program, to the extent that low-income qualifying projects, as defined in existing law, are not available and projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools are available, a certain percentage of the required projects shall be composed of projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. This bill is identical to SB 1192."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1934"
citation: "Virginia HB 1934 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Destiny LeVere Bolling"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 38
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88483d4f-5ca0-40dc-a38a-bf53163eed0a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1934"
source_hash: "d326ca9aa4f5ddbd8e231abd020ebb29df680b291b3c6f4867c415601641b121"
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 1934 (2025) — Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources.

Electric utilities; generation of electricity from renewable and zero carbon sources; projects on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. Provides that for purposes of compliance with a renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) program, to the extent that low-income qualifying projects, as defined in existing law, are not available and projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools are available, a certain percentage of the required projects shall be composed of projects located on or adjacent to public elementary or secondary schools. This bill is identical to SB 1192.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014092.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079879.PDF)
3. **Governor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074461.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073576.HTML)
5. **Governor's Signature Explanation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1080172.PDF)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068620.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N) — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Passed Senate with substitute block vote agreed to (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed by for the day — **47–46** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce and rereferred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting and rereferred to Appropriations (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Carrie E. Coyner — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102153D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-06** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1934)
- **2025-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (8-Y 2-N)
- **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24** Assigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2025-01-29** Reported from Appropriations (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (65-Y 33-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1934ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1934)
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (HB1934H1)
- **2025-04-02** Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
- **2025-04-02** Communicated to Governor
- **2025-04-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Governor's Signature Explanation
- **2025-05-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 708 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0708)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88483d4f-5ca0-40dc-a38a-bf53163eed0a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).