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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 regulationof 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 customerfrom 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, and wastewater 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 SB 480 Virginia SB 480 (2024)
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Virginia SB 480 (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 regulationof 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 customerfrom 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, and wastewater 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. CHAP0790 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24106532D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24107865D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104314D (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB480ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB480ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 11-N) — 88–11 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N) — 37–1 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (77-Y 21-N) — 76–21 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
  • Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104314D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2024-01-21 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB480)
  • 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-29 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-01-29 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-01-29 Committee substitute printed 24106532D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-07 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-09 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106532D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB480S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2024-02-20 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-20 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-20 Committee substitute printed 24107865D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-20 Impact statement from SCC (SB480S1)
  • 2024-02-22 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-02-23 Committee substitute agreed to 24107865D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-23 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB480H1 substitution
  • 2024-02-23 Passed House with substitute (77-Y 21-N) passage
  • 2024-02-23 VOTE: Passage (77-Y 21-N) passage
  • 2024-02-27 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 1-N) substitution
  • 2024-02-27 Title replaced 24107865D-H1
  • 2024-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB480ER) passage
  • 2024-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-07 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-08 Impact statement from SCC (SB480H1)
  • 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-04-08 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
  • 2024-04-17 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-04-17 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (89-Y 11-N)
  • 2024-04-17 VOTE: Adoption (89-Y 11-N)
  • 2024-04-17 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Reenrolled bill text (SB480ER2) enrolled
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
  • 2024-04-17 Enacted, Chapter 790 (effective 7/1/24) became-law
  • 2024-04-17 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0790)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/697bed3f-6cc8-4eee-86e9-55cce6d16342. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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