republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-84.md

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Bill	Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities.	Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entity; annual report. Requires each investor-owned utility or licensed supplier that joins or establishes the regional transmission entity (PJM Interconnection, LLC) to submit an annual report to the State Corporation Commission by February 1 of each year. Such report shall include (i) all recorded votes cast by the utility or licensed supplier at a meeting during the immediately preceding calendar year, (ii) all votes cast by an affiliate of the utility or licensed supplier at a meeting during the immediately preceding calendar year, and (iii) a brief description explaining how each recorded vote is in the public interest. The provisions of the bill do not apply to municipal utilities or certain electric cooperatives. This bill is identical to SB 777.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 84	Virginia HB 84 (2026)	bill		enacted	Amy J. Laufer	11	51	10	2026-01-01	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/eea22f40-d9f7-44f1-90af-a1b5a45a8e9f	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB84	bc0b962dd6d67f7f594d5ea90ea71bfc85f2ae75846354c3365de06c42d267e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 84 (2026) — Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities.

Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entity; annual report. Requires each investor-owned utility or licensed supplier that joins or establishes the regional transmission entity (PJM Interconnection, LLC) to submit an annual report to the State Corporation Commission by February 1 of each year. Such report shall include (i) all recorded votes cast by the utility or licensed supplier at a meeting during the immediately preceding calendar year, (ii) all votes cast by an affiliate of the utility or licensed supplier at a meeting during the immediately preceding calendar year, and (iii) a brief description explaining how each recorded vote is in the public interest. The provisions of the bill do not apply to municipal utilities or certain electric cooperatives. This bill is identical to SB 777.

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. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Delegate Laufer Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Delegate Laufer Amendment (committee substitute) — source
8. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
9. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
10. Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
11. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 20–2 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 92–7 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 2–97 (fail) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 89–7 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Amy J. Laufer — primary (person)
• Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
• Kimberly Pope Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Leslie Chambers Mehta — cosponsor (person)
• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-01 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101484D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-01 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-01-15 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB84)
• 2026-01-22 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-01-27 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-01-27 Committee substitute printed 26105981D-H1 substitution
• 2026-01-29 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-01-29 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB84)
• 2026-01-30 Floor offered Delegate Laufer Amendment
• 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-01-30 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-01-30 Delegate Laufer Floor amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-01-30 Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended substitution
• 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed House (92-Y 7-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB84)
• 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108323D-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 (22-Y 18-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB84)
• 2026-03-02 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 97-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-04 Senate insisted on amendment Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-04 Senate requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-05 House acceded to request
• 2026-03-06 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-06 Senate Conferees: Rouse, Marsden, Stanley
• 2026-03-09 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-09 House Conferees: Laufer, Sullivan, Webert
• 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (89-Y 7-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB84)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB84ER) passage
• 2026-03-30 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB84)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 557 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0557)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/eea22f40-d9f7-44f1-90af-a1b5a45a8e9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).