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type: "Bill"
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title: "Demand response programs; evaluation and assessment by Department of Energy, report."
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description: "Department of Energy; demand response programs; evaluation and assessment; report. Directs the Department of Energy to evaluate and assess the benefits and impacts of and best practices and implementation recommendations for demand response programs in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of such evaluation and assessment by November 1, 2026."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 43"
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citation: "Virginia SB 43 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Danica A. Roem"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-11-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76feedb7-35f7-4115-9d7f-aa8eaab1daee"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB43"
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source_hash: "f2d423c2a393305fe1bb4d542b3df2ac439baf73ceea7e4caad03c7d9599d048"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 43 (2026) — Demand response programs; evaluation and assessment by Department of Energy, report.
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Department of Energy; demand response programs; evaluation and assessment; report. Directs the Department of Energy to evaluate and assess the benefits and impacts of and best practices and implementation recommendations for demand response programs in the Commonwealth and to submit a report of such evaluation and assessment by November 1, 2026.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081647.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211803.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **21–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Rules — **18–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **5–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **71–28** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Danica A. Roem — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-11-22** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101177D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-11-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB43)
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- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-12** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-01** Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Rules (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-11** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-03-11** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-11** Passed House (71-Y 28-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB43ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB43)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 874 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76feedb7-35f7-4115-9d7f-aa8eaab1daee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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