republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/hb-2266.md

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Bill	Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc.	State Corporation Commission; distribution cost sharing program; required distribution system upgrades. Directs the State Corporation Commission by July 1, 2026, to establish by regulation a distribution cost sharing program for Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to construct distribution system upgrades required to interconnect participating projects, as defined in the bill. The bill directs the Commission to require each such utility to file any tariffs, agreements, or forms necessary for the implementation of the program by December 1, 2026, and to submit a report on the implementation of the program by November 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1058.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	HB 2266	Virginia HB 2266 (2025)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	8	44	9	2025-01-07	2025-04-02	openstates	ocd-bill/c5a034f7-3b5c-4139-ab0c-d4a851c25476	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2266	b5fce3f45362baf4f0e421a89b9002e0f477fa306399269e5c10cfd8cd0f6b9c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2266 (2025) — Electric utilities; distribution cost sharing program established, etc.

State Corporation Commission; distribution cost sharing program; required distribution system upgrades. Directs the State Corporation Commission by July 1, 2026, to establish by regulation a distribution cost sharing program for Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power to construct distribution system upgrades required to interconnect participating projects, as defined in the bill. The bill directs the Commission to require each such utility to file any tariffs, agreements, or forms necessary for the implementation of the program by December 1, 2026, and to submit a report on the implementation of the program by November 1, 2028. This bill is identical to SB 1058.

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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Governor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
6. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Reenrolled (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) — 20–17 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Senate substitute agreed to by House (58-Y 38-N) — 58–38 (pass) · lower
• House concurred in Governor's recommendation (85-Y 9-N) — 85–9 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) — 7–3 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N) — 57–41 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) — 14–8 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101827D filing, introduction
• 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2025-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2266)
• 2025-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) substitution
• 2025-01-28 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-28 Committee substitute printed 25105824D-H1 substitution
• 2025-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-01-31 Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
• 2025-01-31 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-03 Read third time and passed House (57-Y 41-N) passage, reading-3
• 2025-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2025-02-04 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2025-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2266)
• 2025-02-10 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-10 Committee substitute printed 25107048D-S1 substitution
• 2025-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-12 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-13 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
• 2025-02-13 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-13 Passed Senate with substitute (20-Y 17-N) passage
• 2025-02-17 Senate substitute agreed to by House (58-Y 38-N) substitution
• 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2266ER) passage
• 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2266)
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by House executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (HB2266H2)
• 2025-04-02 House concurred in Governor's recommendation (85-Y 9-N)
• 2025-04-02 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-04-02 Governor's recommendation adopted executive-signature
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Reenrolled bill text (HB2266ER2) enrolled
• 2025-04-02 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Signed by President as reenrolled enrolled, passage
• 2025-04-02 Enacted, Chapter 658 (Effective 07/01/25) became-law
• 2025-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0658)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5a034f7-3b5c-4139-ab0c-d4a851c25476. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).