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Bill Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections. Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnectionof service; limitations; report; consumer protections. Suspendselectric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service toa residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a stateof emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspensionlasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency.The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnectingservice to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or feeswhen the forecasted temperature low is at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheitand suspends electric utilities from disconnecting any such customer from service when the forecasted temperature high is at or above95 degrees Fahrenheit within the 24 hours following the scheduleddisconnection. The bill further suspends electric, gas, water, andwastewater utilities from disconnecting residential customers fromservice on Fridays, weekends, state holidays, and the day immediatelypreceding a state holiday. The bill also creates similar requirementsfor utilities owned or operated by a locality of the Commonwealthand provides customers a civil cause of action if the municipallyowned or municipally operated utility fails to comply with the requirementsof the bill. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 HB 906 Virginia HB 906 (2024)
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Virginia HB 906 (2024) — Public utilities; municipal utilities, disconnection of service, consumer protections.

Public utilities; municipal utilities; disconnectionof service; limitations; report; consumer protections. Suspendselectric, gas, water, and wastewater utilities subject to the regulation of the State Corporation Commission from disconnecting service toa residential customer for nonpayment of bills or fees during a stateof emergency declared by the Governor and provides that such suspensionlasts for 30 days after such declaration of the state of emergency.The bill suspends such electric and gas utilities from disconnectingservice to a residential customer for nonpayment of bills or feeswhen the forecasted temperature low is at or below 32 degrees Fahrenheitand suspends electric utilities from disconnecting any such customer from service when the forecasted temperature high is at or above95 degrees Fahrenheit within the 24 hours following the scheduleddisconnection. The bill further suspends electric, gas, water, andwastewater utilities from disconnecting residential customers fromservice on Fridays, weekends, state holidays, and the day immediatelypreceding a state holiday. The bill also creates similar requirementsfor utilities owned or operated by a locality of the Commonwealthand provides customers a civil cause of action if the municipallyowned or municipally operated utility fails to comply with the requirementsof the bill.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0824 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107899D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107922D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  4. HB906EH1 (committee substitute) — source
  5. HB906ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. HB906ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 19-N) — 77–19 (pass) · lower
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) — 38–2 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 7-N) — 92–7 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-N) — 75–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Irene Shin — primary (person)
  • Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
  • Atoosa R. Reaser — cosponsor (person)
  • Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104315D 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
  • 2024-01-21 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB906)
  • 2024-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) substitution
  • 2024-01-25 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-25 Committee substitute printed 24105935D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-01-29 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-01-30 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-01-30 Committee substitute agreed to 24105935D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-01-30 Amendment by Delegate Shin agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2024-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendment HB906EH1 substitution
  • 2024-01-30 Printed as engrossed 24105935D-EH1
  • 2024-01-31 Read third time and passed House (76-Y 24-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2024-01-31 VOTE: Passage (76-Y 24-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 (HB906EH1)
  • 2024-02-19 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-19 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-19 Committee substitute printed 24107899D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-19 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24107922D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-01 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-03-01 Commerce and Labor Committee substitute agreed to 24107899D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-01 Substitute from Finance and Appropriations ruled out of order 24107922D-S2
  • 2024-03-01 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB906S1 substitution
  • 2024-03-01 Passed Senate with substitute (38-Y 2-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24107899D-S1 (78-Y 19-N) substitution
  • 2024-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 19-N)
  • 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB906ER) passage
  • 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-09 Signed by President passage
  • 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
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (93-Y 7-N)
  • 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (93-Y 7-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (HB906ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 824 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0824)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/35dbdbbe-3397-40f8-8c9e-4e16e1f4c5ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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