republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-275.md

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Bill	Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers, report.	Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers; serious medical condition; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to conduct a proceeding to establish limitations on the authority of public utilities and cooperatives that provide electric, gas, water, or wastewater services to terminate service to any residential customer who provides certification that the customer has a serious medical condition or the customer resides with a family member with a serious medical condition. The bill directs the Commission to adopt regulations to implement such limitations after consulting with certain stakeholders. The bill requires the Commission to submit a report by November 1, 2026, and every three years thereafter, on the effectiveness of the serious medical condition policy after implementation of the regulations and include any suggested changes to such policy for residential utility and cooperative customers.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 275	Virginia HB 275 (2024)	bill		enacted	Dan I. Helmer	4	35	7	2024-01-05	2024-04-22	openstates	ocd-bill/93801a27-33b4-4cd1-8c8f-d0f44c42c276	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB275	917629230c6e8b4c469d32fb0fa61a9cd60761c78f0f606e4cef1d020100450c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 275 (2024) — Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers, report.

Public utilities; delay of termination of service for certain residential customers; serious medical condition; report. Requires the State Corporation Commission to conduct a proceeding to establish limitations on the authority of public utilities and cooperatives that provide electric, gas, water, or wastewater services to terminate service to any residential customer who provides certification that the customer has a serious medical condition or the customer resides with a family member with a serious medical condition. The bill directs the Commission to adopt regulations to implement such limitations after consulting with certain stakeholders. The bill requires the Commission to submit a report by November 1, 2026, and every three years thereafter, on the effectiveness of the serious medical condition policy after implementation of the regulations and include any suggested changes to such policy for residential utility and cooperative customers.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0637 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB275ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100938D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24100938D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100938D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-24 Impact statement from SCC (HB275)
• 2024-01-25 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-30 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-30 Engrossed by House as amended HB275E
• 2024-01-30 Printed as engrossed 24100938D-E
• 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-31 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-01 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-01 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Impact statement from SCC (HB275E)
• 2024-03-04 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Reading of amendment waived
• 2024-03-06 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Senate amendment agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) amendment-passage
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB275ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 637 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0637)
• 2024-04-22 Impact statement from SCC (HB275ER)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93801a27-33b4-4cd1-8c8f-d0f44c42c276. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).