republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-1821.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity.	Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 1821	Virginia HB 1821 (2025)	bill		enacted	David A. Reid	9	40	8	2025-01-06	2025-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1821	d3f11ce5984acc886b790b7d2a1125c504f4aec138c70a3f072f6c39c4fa92c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1821 (2025) — Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers, zero-carbon electricity.

Electric utilities; accelerated renewable energy buyers; zero-carbon electricity; energy storage resources. Permits an accelerated renewable energy buyer or group of accelerated renewable energy buyers to contract to (i) obtain bundled capacity, energy, and renewable energy certificates from zero-carbon electricity generation resources under certain conditions and (ii) offset all or a portion of their capacity needs through the procurement of energy storage resources under certain conditions.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Commerce and Labor Amendment (committee substitute) — source
4. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
6. Governor's Signature Explanation (committee substitute) — source
7. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
9. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
• Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) — 52–46 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) — 6–4 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) — 50–47 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) — 21–18 (pass) · upper
• Passed by for the day — 47–46 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David A. Reid — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104298D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2025-01-14 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2025-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
• 2025-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 4-N) substitution
• 2025-01-23 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-24 Committee substitute printed 25105417D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-27 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-28 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-28 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-28 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-01-29 Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-01-30 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-01-30 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
• 2025-02-17 Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendments (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-18 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-18 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-19 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-19 Reading of amendments waived
• 2025-02-19 Commerce and Labor Amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2025-02-19 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2025-02-19 Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 18-N) passage
• 2025-02-20 Senate Amendments agreed to by House (52-Y 46-N) amendment-passage
• 2025-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1821ER) passage
• 2025-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-03-10 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1821)
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB1821H2)
• 2025-04-02 Passed by for the day (47-Y 46-N)
• 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
• 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02 Governor's Signature Explanation
• 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 707 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0707)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a923e0a2-bf3f-4e65-84e7-1b0f8154d193. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).