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type: "Bill"
title: "Bulk energy storage resources; State Corporation Commission."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1183"
citation: "Virginia HB 1183 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3269eb4c-9b74-437e-bc1c-83fc3bc3cb1a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1183"
source_hash: "b0d7d79a38021677a952246f652d86f95bcc21e5b3616bf5ce9dadcc5589b9df"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0863)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1183ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1183ER)
3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1183H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1183H1)
4. **Impact statement from SCC (HB1183)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1183)
## Votes
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **100** (pass) · lower
- Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 9-N) — **909** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3269eb4c-9b74-437e-bc1c-83fc3bc3cb1a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).