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type: "Bill"
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title: "Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities."
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description: "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."
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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 777"
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citation: "Virginia SB 777 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron R. Rouse"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 50
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-22"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e54d146a-8920-4182-8099-efcf394783a6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB777"
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source_hash: "f785fa000caf30116e3d7309e26d6736a4812f1cd57b643cd54f0e2470681845"
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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 777 (2026) — Electric utilities and licensed suppliers of electricity; regional transmission entities.
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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.
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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/1094341.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218798.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1136081.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210660.HTML)
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5. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210655.PDF)
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6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1185577.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214578.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Accede Conference Committee R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Concur House Substitute R — **0–40** (fail) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **22–16** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **93–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **24–15** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron R. Rouse — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-22** Presented and ordered printed 26104958D `introduction`
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- **2026-01-22** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
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- **2026-02-09** Senate committee offered
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- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee substitute printed 26106558D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
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- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-16** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
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- **2026-02-24** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-24** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Committee substitute printed 26108755D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by temporarily
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House with substitute (97-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-03-04** Passed House with substitute (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** House insisted on substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-09** House requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-10** Senate Conferees: Rouse, Bagby, Stanley
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- **2026-03-11** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-11** House Conferees: Laufer, Sullivan, Webert
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- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (93-Y 2-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-24** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB777ER) `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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- **2026-04-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB777)
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 558 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0558)
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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/e54d146a-8920-4182-8099-efcf394783a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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