---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc."
description: "Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1770"
citation: "Virginia HB 1770 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kilgore"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 57
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9731e2b7-1c07-4058-b345-16f711464796"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1770"
source_hash: "602fb28cf0ce18820dff382540a06559ad4aca0c242d7642afce8a4a06583e2f"
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 1770 (2023) — Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0775** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0775)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106225D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1770H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106618D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1770S1)
4. **Conference substitute printed 23107588D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1770H2)
5. **HB1770ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1770ER)
6. **HB1770ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1770ER2)

## Votes

- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (10-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kilgore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23104233D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1770)
- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Committee substitute printed 23106225D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106225D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1770H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB1770H1)
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (10-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Committee substitute printed 23106618D-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 23106618D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1770S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Senate substitute rejected by House 23106618D-S1 (0-Y 94-N)
- **2023-02-23** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 94-N)
- **2023-02-23** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-23** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23** House acceded to request
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Kilgore, Byron, Murphy
- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2023-02-23** Senators: Saslaw, Spruill, Norment
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB1770S1)
- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107588D-H2
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N)
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1770ER) `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`
- **2023-03-16** Impact statement from SCC (HB1770ER)
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (94-Y 1-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 1-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB1770ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 775 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0775)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9731e2b7-1c07-4058-b345-16f711464796`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).