republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-515.md

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Bill	Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; scope and name changes to Energy Commission of Virginia.	An Act to amend and reenact §§ 30-201, 45.2-1711, 45.2-1712, 45.2-1713, 56-579, 56-585.1:1, 56-585.1:5, 56-592, 56-592.1, 56-596, 56-596.1, 56-596.3, and 56-599 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; name change.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 515	Virginia SB 515 (2026)	bill		enacted	R. Creigh Deeds	5	48	10	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/079e591d-8b5e-4f24-991c-5c047186f129	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB515	b0f728e2395aff03d1422544a2704601e75f3950ee81c45828b1d72bfe28a44b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 515 (2026) — Electric Utility Regulation, Commission on; scope and name changes to Energy Commission of Virginia.

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 30-201, 45.2-1711, 45.2-1712, 45.2-1713, 56-579, 56-585.1:1, 56-585.1:5, 56-592, 56-592.1, 56-596, 56-596.1, 56-596.3, and 56-599 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Commission on Electric Utility Regulation; name change.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
3. Rules Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Studies Subcommittee Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 73–25 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 73–24 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with substitute — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Rules with substitute — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 5–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104323D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2026-01-22 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB515)
• 2026-02-06 Reported from Rules with substitute (11-Y 0-N 4-A) committee-passage
• 2026-02-06 Committee substitute printed 26107436D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-09 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-09 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB515)
• 2026-02-09 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-10 Rules Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-11 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-17 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-17 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-17 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
• 2026-03-01 Assigned HRUL sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-03-06 Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-06 Committee substitute printed 26108941D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB515)
• 2026-03-10 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-11 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-03-11 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-11 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-11 Passed House with substitute (73-Y 25-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-12 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-12 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2026-03-12 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-12 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Deeds, Surovell, Obenshain
• 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Sullivan, Herring, Kilgore
• 2026-03-12 Senate acceded to request
• 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (73-Y 24-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB515ER) 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 Department of Planning and Budget (SB515)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 949 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/079e591d-8b5e-4f24-991c-5c047186f129. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).