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| Bill | Electric utilities; procurement of certain equipment. | Electric utilities; procurement. Requires a utility, in the construction of certain onshore wind, solar, and energy storage facilities, to procure, subject to a competitive process, equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced. Additionally, the bill requires a utility, in the construction of certain offshore wind projects, to develop and submit a plan for review to the State Corporation Commission that includes considerations for the procurement of equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2021 | SB 1295 | Virginia SB 1295 (2021) |
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Virginia SB 1295 (2021) — Electric utilities; procurement of certain equipment.
Electric utilities; procurement. Requires a utility, in the construction of certain onshore wind, solar, and energy storage facilities, to procure, subject to a competitive process, equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced. Additionally, the bill requires a utility, in the construction of certain offshore wind projects, to develop and submit a plan for review to the State Corporation Commission that includes considerations for the procurement of equipment from a Virginia-based or United States-based manufacturer using materials or product components made in Virginia or the United States, if reasonably available and competitively priced.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0328 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 21103779D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101950D (committee substitute) — source
- SB1295ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A)) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Bill DeSteph — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2021-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101950D
introduction - 2021-01-12 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2021-01-19 Impact statement from SCC (SB1295)
- 2021-01-25 Assigned C&L sub: Energy
referral-committee - 2021-01-27 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2021-02-01 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-01 Committee substitute printed 21103779D-S1
substitution - 2021-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2021-02-04 Committee substitute agreed to 21103779D-S1
- 2021-02-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1295S1
- 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-04 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A))
passage - 2021-02-07 Placed on Calendar
- 2021-02-07 Read first time
reading-1 - 2021-02-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2021-02-08 Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce
- 2021-02-10 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2021-02-10 Impact statement from SCC (SB1295S1)
- 2021-02-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-16 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2021-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2021-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2021-02-19 Passed by temporarily
- 2021-02-19 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
passage - 2021-02-19 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 2021-02-24 Enrolled
- 2021-02-24 Signed by President
- 2021-02-25 Impact statement from SCC (SB1295ER)
- 2021-02-25 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-02-26 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 2021-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 2021-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 328 (effective 7/1/21)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ddf679e5-d2db-4c50-8302-e1d95c5dcb28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).