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| Bill | Electric utilities; disconnection reports, State Corporation Commission database, annual summary. | Electric utilities; disconnection reports; State Corporation Commission database; annual summary. Requires each investor-owned utility and electric cooperative operating in the Commonwealth to provide a monthly report on residential account disconnections to the State Corporation Commission. The monthly report is required to include specific information outlined in the bill, including the number of residential accounts involuntarily disconnected due to nonpayment, the amount of time in which such accounts were reconnected to service, the amounts of arrearages attributable to such disconnected accounts and other residential accounts, and information related to how many of the disconnected accounts participate in a payment assistance program or have a serious medical condition certification form on file with the electric utility. The bill requires the Commission to publish the information from such monthly reports in a comprehensive and easily accessible online database. The bill also requires the Commission to submit an annual executive summary to the Governor and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation on trends in electric utility disconnections based on the reports submitted by electric utilities, the first of which is due by September 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to SB 516. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 828 | Virginia HB 828 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 828 (2026) — Electric utilities; disconnection reports, State Corporation Commission database, annual summary.
Electric utilities; disconnection reports; State Corporation Commission database; annual summary. Requires each investor-owned utility and electric cooperative operating in the Commonwealth to provide a monthly report on residential account disconnections to the State Corporation Commission. The monthly report is required to include specific information outlined in the bill, including the number of residential accounts involuntarily disconnected due to nonpayment, the amount of time in which such accounts were reconnected to service, the amounts of arrearages attributable to such disconnected accounts and other residential accounts, and information related to how many of the disconnected accounts participate in a payment assistance program or have a serious medical condition certification form on file with the electric utility. The bill requires the Commission to publish the information from such monthly reports in a comprehensive and easily accessible online database. The bill also requires the Commission to submit an annual executive summary to the Governor and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation on trends in electric utility disconnections based on the reports submitted by electric utilities, the first of which is due by September 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to SB 516.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Labor and Commerce Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 97–1 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Charniele L. Herring — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101400D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-22 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-29 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-02 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-03 committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-02-03 Engrossed by House as amended
- 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828)
- 2026-02-04 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-02-04 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108400D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-25 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-25 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-25 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-26 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-26 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-26 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828)
- 2026-03-06 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-06 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB828ER)
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-06 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-03-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828)
- 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (Effective 7/1/2027)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/597f9171-9ef0-4780-85a2-861326ba43a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).