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Bill Electric utilities; duty to furnish adequate service, high-demand customers. Electric utilities; delay in provision of service permitted. Provides that a distributor of electric energy may delay the provision of service if such delay is necessary to maintain electric grid reliability, to avoid exceeding available generation or transmission capacity constraints, or to ensure compliance with load interconnection policies or rules issued by the State Corporation Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 423. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 1151 Virginia HB 1151 (2026)
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Virginia HB 1151 (2026) — Electric utilities; duty to furnish adequate service, high-demand customers.

Electric utilities; delay in provision of service permitted. Provides that a distributor of electric energy may delay the provision of service if such delay is necessary to maintain electric grid reliability, to avoid exceeding available generation or transmission capacity constraints, or to ensure compliance with load interconnection policies or rules issued by the State Corporation Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 423.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  3. Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
  4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Passage R — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 63 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 6432 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Commerce and Labor — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 137 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101936D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
  • 2026-01-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1151)
  • 2026-01-27 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
  • 2026-02-10 House subcommittee offered
  • 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 3-N) substitution
  • 2026-02-12 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (13-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107715D-H1 substitution
  • 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to substitution
  • 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
  • 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (65-Y 32-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
  • 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1151)
  • 2026-03-02 Reported from Commerce and Labor (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-03-04 Rules suspended
  • 2026-03-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-03-04 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-05 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-12 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-12 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1151ER) passage
  • 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-12 Signed by President passage
  • 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1151)
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ff58890d-2f85-4fa7-b4e0-4ad5649daab4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).