Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

6.2 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
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)
bill
enacted
Bill DeSteph
4 34 8 2021-01-12 2021-03-24 openstates ocd-bill/ddf679e5-d2db-4c50-8302-e1d95c5dcb28 https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1295 6eb20301995bde128a11087443bf9376fc7f2d2c80d7cb307d741f4254d83c0e 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-va

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.

  1. CHAP0328 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 21103779D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101950D (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB1295ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Continued to Special Session 1 in Labor and Commerce — 00 (fail) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 990 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 2-A)) — 370 (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).