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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities; nonjurisdictional customers, third party power purchase agreements."
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description: "Electric utilities; nonjurisdictional customers;third party power purchase agreements. Provides that for pilotprograms under which an owner or operator of a renewable energy generationfacility sells electricity to an eligible customer-generator through a third party power purchase agreement, both jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customers may participate on a first-come, first-servebasis."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 2034"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2034 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris L. Hurst"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2021-01-12"
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last_action: "2021-03-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/029dd41c-35ff-4241-8389-89223db96c8b"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2034"
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source_hash: "3516c3aa8238418d3048865872e3d0485cf68a7b5ed818a8c824b6f765d1f489"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 2034 (2021) — Electric utilities; nonjurisdictional customers, third party power purchase agreements.
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Electric utilities; nonjurisdictional customers;third party power purchase agreements. Provides that for pilotprograms under which an owner or operator of a renewable energy generationfacility sells electricity to an eligible customer-generator through a third party power purchase agreement, both jurisdictional and nonjurisdictional customers may participate on a first-come, first-servebasis.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0361** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0361)
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2. **HB2034ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2034ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101254D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2034)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris L. Hurst — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
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- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy W. Gooditis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101254D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from SCC (HB2034)
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- **2021-01-19** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-22** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-01-22** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-15** Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-18** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-18** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
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- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from SCC (HB2034ER)
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- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
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- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/029dd41c-35ff-4241-8389-89223db96c8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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