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type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; geothermal electric generating resources."
description: "Renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; geothermal electric generating resources. Provides that geothermal electric generating resources, as defined in the bill, located in the Commonwealth or physically located within the PJM region are eligible for compliance with renewable energy portfolio standard requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1316"
citation: "Virginia SB 1316 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-09"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c6c121a-695a-44a6-9d8d-10330126a2a3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1316"
source_hash: "5d319c72ae8f5a39746eee8669e5881fe9d73d68f1f62afee88d2e3788f07d14"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia SB 1316 (2025) — Renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; geothermal electric generating resources.
Renewable energy portfolio standard eligible sources; geothermal electric generating resources. Provides that geothermal electric generating resources, as defined in the bill, located in the Commonwealth or physically located within the PJM region are eligible for compliance with renewable energy portfolio standard requirements.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1018766.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079907.PDF)
3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1039744.PDF)
4. **Governor Substitute Not Adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074668.PDF)
5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073919.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060157.PDF)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — **91** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (94-Y 2-N) — **942** (pass) · lower
- Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — **1921** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) — **211** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103653D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-09** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1316)
- **2025-02-03** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03** Committee substitute printed 25105205D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-04** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- **2025-02-13** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Passed House (94-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1316ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's substitute printed (SB1316S2)
- **2025-03-25** Governor's substitute printed (SB1316S2)
- **2025-04-02** Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) `veto-override-passage`
- **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** Approved by Governor-Chapter 714 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0714)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0c6c121a-695a-44a6-9d8d-10330126a2a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).