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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc."
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description: "Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "SB 1265"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1265 (2023)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Saslaw"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 77
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2023-01-10"
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last_action: "2023-04-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5e458b1-8d6a-449a-947e-80e5e79f10f3"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1265"
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source_hash: "9e27831425bd0dad791b1e9e766db154a5d5eecd6d538d259e4eebe3eb73b2ca"
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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 SB 1265 (2023) — Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act; retail competitiveness, review proceedings, etc.
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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. **CHAP0757** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0757)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 23107071D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1265H1)
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3. **Conference substitute printed 23107613D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1265S2)
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4. **SB1265ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1265ER)
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5. **SB1265ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1265ER2)
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6. **SB1265ES1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1265ES1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage #2 (51-Y 46-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Amendment #5 by Senator Norment agreed to (25-Y 14-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Saslaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103900D `filing, introduction`
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- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-16** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-01-18** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from SCC (SB1265)
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- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2023-01-30** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute printed 23105739D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2023-02-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23105739D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-06** Amendments #1,#2, #3 by Senator Norment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2023-02-06** Amendment #4 by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2023-02-06** Amendment #5 by Senator Norment agreed to (25-Y 14-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2023-02-06** Amendment #6 by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-02-06** Amendments #1-5 by Senator Petersen withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2023-02-06** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2023-02-06** Amendment #6 by Senator Petersen rejected `amendment-failure`
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- **2023-02-06** Amendment by Senator Saslaw withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23105739D-ES1
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- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB1265ES1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-09** Placed on Calendar
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- **2023-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-10** Impact statement from SCC (SB1265ES1)
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- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy with substitute (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute printed 23107071D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2023-02-21** Committee substitute agreed to 23107071D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-21** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1265H1 `substitution`
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- **2023-02-21** Passed House with substitute (57-Y 42-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (57-Y 42-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
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- **2023-02-21** Passed House with substitute (51-Y 46-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage #2 (51-Y 46-N) `passage`
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- **2023-02-22** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
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- **2023-02-23** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2023-02-23** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-23** Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2023-02-23** Senators: Saslaw, Spruill, Norment
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- **2023-02-23** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2023-02-23** Delegates: Kilgore, Byron, Murphy
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- **2023-02-25** Amended by conference committee
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- **2023-02-25** Conference substitute printed 23107613D-S2
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- **2023-02-25** Passed by temporarily
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- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-25** Conference report agreed to by House (91-Y 1-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 1-N)
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- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1265H1)
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- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1265ER) `passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled`
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- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-03-16** Impact statement from SCC (SB1265ER)
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- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (91-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (91-Y 0-N)
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- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (SB1265ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 757 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
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- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0757)
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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/b5e458b1-8d6a-449a-947e-80e5e79f10f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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