republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-737.md

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Bill	Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, on-bill tariff program.	Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs. Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, energy efficiency programs include electrification, including measures that electrify space heating, water heating, cooling, drying, cooking, industrial processes, and other building and industrial end uses that would otherwise be served by onsite, nonelectric fuels, provided that the electrification measures reduce site energy consumption and that, to the maximum extent practical, seek to combine with federally authorized customer rebates for heat pump technology. The bill provides that electricity consumption increases that result from State Corporation Commission-approved electrification measures shall not be considered as a reduction in energy savings under the energy savings requirements and that utilities may apply verified total site energy reductions that are attributable to Commission-approved electrification measures to the energy savings requirements. The bill specifies that energy efficiency programs and energy efficiency measures do not include electrification of any process or activity primarily fueled by natural gas.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 737	Virginia SB 737 (2024)	bill		enacted	Scott A. Surovell	5	50	10	2024-01-19	2024-04-05	openstates	ocd-bill/ca7d5993-27c3-4aff-b55a-28cc79e7b4e6	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB737	7f89a52967d098d3602b53d1b06f2921c340db65beee7ef60f6556800547a368	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 737 (2024) — Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs, on-bill tariff program.

Electric utilities; energy efficiency programs. Provides that, for the purposes of the Virginia Electric Utility Regulation Act, energy efficiency programs include electrification, including measures that electrify space heating, water heating, cooling, drying, cooking, industrial processes, and other building and industrial end uses that would otherwise be served by onsite, nonelectric fuels, provided that the electrification measures reduce site energy consumption and that, to the maximum extent practical, seek to combine with federally authorized customer rebates for heat pump technology. The bill provides that electricity consumption increases that result from State Corporation Commission-approved electrification measures shall not be considered as a reduction in energy savings under the energy savings requirements and that utilities may apply verified total site energy reductions that are attributable to Commission-approved electrification measures to the energy savings requirements. The bill specifies that energy efficiency programs and energy efficiency measures do not include electrification of any process or activity primarily fueled by natural gas.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0607 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24107018D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108433D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Presented and ordered printed 24105837D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB737ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (11-Y 10-N) — 11–10 (pass) · lower
• House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N) — 49–46 (pass) · lower
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N) — 51–44 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-19 Presented and ordered printed 24105837D introduction
• 2024-01-19 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2024-02-05 Impact statement from SCC (SB737)
• 2024-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute printed 24107018D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107018D-S1 substitution
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB737S1 substitution
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-16 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-16 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-16 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Impact statement from SCC (SB737S1)
• 2024-02-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) substitution
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (11-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-27 Committee substitute printed 24108433D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Committee substitute agreed to 24108433D-H1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB737H1 substitution
• 2024-03-01 Passed House with substitute (50-Y 46-N) passage
• 2024-03-01 VOTE: Passage (50-Y 46-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-05 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2024-03-06 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2024-03-06 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2024-03-07 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2024-03-07 Senators: Surovell, Deeds, Reeves
• 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
• 2024-03-07 Delegates: Sullivan, Herring, Kilgore
• 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from SCC (SB737H1)
• 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 44-N) committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 44-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB737ER) 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
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 607 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-05 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0607)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca7d5993-27c3-4aff-b55a-28cc79e7b4e6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).