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Bill	Electric utilities; notice before terminating service.	Electric utilities; notice before terminating service.Prohibits an electric utility from terminating the residential service of acustomer for nonpayment for metered services when the electric utility believesthat the customer is receiving or has received electric utility services forwhich the customer was not properly billed as the result of tampering with theelectric utility's meter until the electric utility has (i) retrieved the meterfrom the customer's premises, which may be done without providing prior noticeto the customer; (ii) immediately replaced it with a new meter; and (iii)tested the suspected meter to determine whether the meter has been tamperedwith. The measure requires the electric utility to provide the customer with adetailed invoice billing the customer for the amount owed by the customer as aresult of the meter's failure. The electric utility is required to provide thecustomer one full billing period to pay the amount billed in such invoice. Themeasure authorizes a customer to petition the State Corporation Commission fora review of an electric utility's finding, the results of a test, or theutility's calculation of the amount owed. These requirements do not apply if(a) the condition of a customer's wiring, equipment, or appliances is eitherunsafe or unsuitable for receiving the utility service; (b) the customer's useof the utility service or equipment interferes with or may be detrimental tothe utility's facilities or to the provision of utility service by the utilityto any other customer; or (c) electric service is furnished over a line that isnot owned or leased by the utility and the line is either not in a safe andsuitable condition or is inadequate to receive electric utility service.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1225	Virginia HB 1225 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	5	35	7	2020-01-07	2020-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/5841fb48-e505-48c6-955f-b33c6eef1c7b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1225	4b36363e0f5673d54f7fad743938d65c28bcdf6c4212803616b9dc4144fd96cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1225 (2020) — Electric utilities; notice before terminating service.

Electric utilities; notice before terminating service.Prohibits an electric utility from terminating the residential service of acustomer for nonpayment for metered services when the electric utility believesthat the customer is receiving or has received electric utility services forwhich the customer was not properly billed as the result of tampering with theelectric utility's meter until the electric utility has (i) retrieved the meterfrom the customer's premises, which may be done without providing prior noticeto the customer; (ii) immediately replaced it with a new meter; and (iii)tested the suspected meter to determine whether the meter has been tamperedwith. The measure requires the electric utility to provide the customer with adetailed invoice billing the customer for the amount owed by the customer as aresult of the meter's failure. The electric utility is required to provide thecustomer one full billing period to pay the amount billed in such invoice. Themeasure authorizes a customer to petition the State Corporation Commission fora review of an electric utility's finding, the results of a test, or theutility's calculation of the amount owed. These requirements do not apply if(a) the condition of a customer's wiring, equipment, or appliances is eitherunsafe or unsuitable for receiving the utility service; (b) the customer's useof the utility service or equipment interferes with or may be detrimental tothe utility's facilities or to the provision of utility service by the utilityto any other customer; or (c) electric service is furnished over a line that isnot owned or leased by the utility and the line is either not in a safe andsuitable condition or is inadequate to receive electric utility service.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0668) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1225ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1225H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1225S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Impact statement from SCC (HB1225) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 4-N) — 92–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104117D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2020-01-21 Impact statement from SCC (HB1225)
• 2020-01-30 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-30 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-04 Committee substitute printed 20107201D-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 20107201D-H1
• 2020-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1225H1
• 2020-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-07 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-10 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from SCC (HB1225H1)
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Committee substitute printed 20109390D-S1 substitution
• 2020-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-05 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-03-05 Committee substitute agreed to 20109390D-S1
• 2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1225S1
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Senate substitute agreed to by House 20109390D-S1 (93-Y 4-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 4-N)
• 2020-03-09 Impact statement from SCC (HB1225S1)
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled
• 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by President
• 2020-03-13 Impact statement from SCC (HB1225ER)
• 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
• 2020-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 668 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5841fb48-e505-48c6-955f-b33c6eef1c7b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).