republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1183.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Bulk energy storage resources; State Corporation Commission.	State Corporation Commission; bulk energy storage resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a task force to evaluate and analyze the potential for bulk energy storage resources to, among other things, help integrate renewable energy into the electrical grid. The measure requires the Commission to submit the results of task force's evaluation and analysis to the General Assembly by October 1, 2021.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1183	Virginia HB 1183 (2020)	bill		enacted	Alfonso H. Lopez	4	29	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3269eb4c-9b74-437e-bc1c-83fc3bc3cb1a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1183	b0d7d79a38021677a952246f652d86f95bcc21e5b3616bf5ce9dadcc5589b9df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1183 (2020) — Bulk energy storage resources; State Corporation Commission.

State Corporation Commission; bulk energy storage resources. Requires the State Corporation Commission to establish a task force to evaluate and analyze the potential for bulk energy storage resources to, among other things, help integrate renewable energy into the electrical grid. The measure requires the Commission to submit the results of task force's evaluation and analysis to the General Assembly by October 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0863) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1183ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1183H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (HB1183) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) — 90–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104921D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
• 2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Impact statement from SCC (HB1183)
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107411D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 20107411D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1183H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House (91-Y 9-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Impact statement from SCC (HB1183H1)
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-13 Impact statement from SCC (HB1183ER)
• 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
• 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 863 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3269eb4c-9b74-437e-bc1c-83fc3bc3cb1a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).