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Bill	Electric utilities; right to shop.	Electric utilities; right to shop. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. The provisions of the bill will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 868	Virginia HB 868 (2020)	bill		enacted	Jeffrey M. Bourne	4	44	10	2020-01-07	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/c9796c36-6849-4eab-a0e5-0eae58c49afb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB868	6a1f8d562b61123ef7645704193ee46257a710a8ede3e1d25d92061556904578	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 868 (2020) — Electric utilities; right to shop.

Electric utilities; right to shop. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. The provisions of the bill will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB868ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB868H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from SCC (HB868) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 11-N) — 29–11 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 7-N) — 33–7 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) — 55–41 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) — 0–96 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
• Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 9-N) — 30–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jeffrey M. Bourne — primary (person)
• Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102574D introduction
• 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from SCC (HB868)
• 2020-02-06 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-06 Committee substitute printed 20107673D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107673D-H1
• 2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB868H1
• 2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from SCC (HB868H1)
• 2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2020-02-24 Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 4-N)
• 2020-03-02 Reconsidered by Commerce and Labor
• 2020-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-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 by temporarily
• 2020-03-05 Reading of amendment waived
• 2020-03-05 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2020-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-03-05 Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 7-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
• 2020-03-05 Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 11-N)
• 2020-03-05 Senate requested conference committee
• 2020-03-05 House acceded to request
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 41-N)
• 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
• 2020-03-08 Passed by temporarily
• 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 9-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-20 Impact statement from SCC (HB868ER)
• 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
• 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1107 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9796c36-6849-4eab-a0e5-0eae58c49afb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).