republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-777.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 HB 84.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 777	Virginia SB 777 (2026)	bill		enacted	Aaron R. Rouse	7	50	10	2026-01-22	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/e54d146a-8920-4182-8099-efcf394783a6	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB777	f785fa000caf30116e3d7309e26d6736a4812f1cd57b643cd54f0e2470681845	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 777 (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 HB 84.

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. Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
• H VOTE: — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 22–16 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 93–2 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 24–15 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-22 Presented and ordered printed 26104958D introduction
• 2026-01-22 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
• 2026-02-09 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-09 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-10 Committee substitute printed 26106558D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-11 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-11 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
• 2026-02-24 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-24 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-24 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce referral-committee
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108755D-H1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-03 Passed by temporarily
• 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day
• 2026-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-04 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2026-03-04 Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-06 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-09 House insisted on substitute substitution
• 2026-03-09 House requested conference committee referral-committee
• 2026-03-10 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-10 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2026-03-10 Senate Conferees: Rouse, Bagby, Stanley
• 2026-03-11 Conferees appointed by House
• 2026-03-11 House Conferees: Laufer, Sullivan, Webert
• 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
• 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
• 2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB777ER) 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 (SB777)
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 558 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e54d146a-8920-4182-8099-efcf394783a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).