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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 HB 1151. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 423 | Virginia SB 423 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 423 (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 HB 1151.
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
- Senator Perry Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 66–30 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 16–6 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 35–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Russet Perry — primary (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104600D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB423)
- 2026-02-12 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-12 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107906D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-16 Floor substitute printed 26108040D-S2 (Perry)
- 2026-02-16 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
- 2026-02-16 Floor offered Senator Perry Substitute
- 2026-02-16 Reading of substitute waived
- 2026-02-16 Senator Perry Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-16 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-16 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-16 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-19 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-19 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB423)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed House (66-Y 30-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB423ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB423)
- 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 746 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b54877e0-797c-4d54-9026-19661b6e0d81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).