republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-862.md

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Bill	Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors.	Electric utilities; integrated resource plans; grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. Requires an electric utility to include in an integrated resource plan (i) a comprehensive assessment of the potential application of grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors, as those terms are defined in the bill, in a manner that ensures grid reliability and safeguards the cybersecurity and physical security of the electric distribution grid and (ii) if applicable, a detailed explanation of why such technologies or conductors are not included in such plan.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 862	Virginia HB 862 (2024)	bill		enacted	Phil M. Hernandez	4	30	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/55b56065-c3a4-4405-a739-d546ec021760	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB862	c7d22ed942521ff0d5259b7972cb6641d821e21dded2aaa26736f05564640b2a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 862 (2024) — Electric utilities; integrated resource plans, grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors.

Electric utilities; integrated resource plans; grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors. Requires an electric utility to include in an integrated resource plan (i) a comprehensive assessment of the potential application of grid-enhancing technologies and advanced conductors, as those terms are defined in the bill, in a manner that ensures grid reliability and safeguards the cybersecurity and physical security of the electric distribution grid and (ii) if applicable, a detailed explanation of why such technologies or conductors are not included in such plan.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0532 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106680D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB862ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104991D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) — 57–39 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
• Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104991D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from SCC (HB862)
• 2024-02-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-01 Committee substitute printed 24106680D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-05 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24106680D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB862H1 substitution
• 2024-02-07 Read third time and passed House (58-Y 39-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-07 VOTE: Passage (58-Y 39-N) passage
• 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-08 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Impact statement from SCC (HB862H1)
• 2024-02-26 Reported from Commerce and Labor (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-29 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-29 Passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB862ER) passage
• 2024-03-06 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from SCC (HB862ER)
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 532 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0532)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55b56065-c3a4-4405-a739-d546ec021760. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).