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Bill

Contractors; regulation, solar installation companies, sale, lease, etc., of solar energy systems.

Regulation of contractors; solar installation companies; sale, lease, or power purchase of solar energy systems; civil penalty. Authorizes the Board for Contractors (the Board) to require specific contract provisions and disclosures relating to the sale, lease, or power purchase agreement for a residential solar energy system, as defined in the bill. The bill requires a sale, lease, or power purchase agreement for a residential solar energy system to have a written contract that includes specific provisions related to the solar installation company, system design and performance or production guarantees, and information related to invoices and payments. The bill includes several mandatory disclosures to be included with a sale, lease, or power purchase agreement for a residential solar energy system. Under the bill, a willful violation of such requirements shall be subject to a civil penalty of no more than $2,500 per violation. The bill also directs the Board to adopt regulations and update existing regulations to implement the provisions of the bill by January 1, 2027. The remaining provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1439.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2026

SB 823

Virginia SB 823 (2026)

bill

enacted

Lamont Bagby

2026-01-23

2026-04-13

openstates

ocd-bill/5d31f44c-d357-431f-80d7-4cf0eb302c53

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB823

a5cf9dd0da9b0236baece4d00d35eee2e15cb10328e82d5766974de2e7f53155

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

legislation

bill

us-va

Virginia SB 823 (2026) — Contractors; regulation, solar installation companies, sale, lease, etc., of solar energy systems.

Version chain

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

Introduced (filed) — source
Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
General Laws and Technology Substitute (committee substitute) — source
Labor and Commerce Substitute (committee substitute) — source
Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

H VOTE: — 92–3 (pass) · lower
Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Passage R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 15–0 (pass) · upper
H VOTE: — 95–4 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute — 20–1 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2026-01-23 Presented and ordered printed 26104433D introduction
2026-01-23 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB823)
2026-02-04 Senate committee offered
2026-02-04 Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26106811D-S1 substitution
2026-02-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB823)
2026-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
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)
2026-02-11 Committee substitute printed 26107648D-S2 substitution
2026-02-12 Read second time reading-2
2026-02-12 General Laws and Technology Substitute rejected
2026-02-12 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
2026-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB823)
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
2026-02-25 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 referral-committee
2026-03-03 House subcommittee offered
2026-03-03 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
2026-03-05 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (20-Y 1-N) committee-passage
2026-03-05 Committee substitute printed 26109032D-H1 substitution
2026-03-09 Read second time reading-2
2026-03-10 Passed by for the day
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 (95-Y 4-N 0-A) passage
2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB823)
2026-03-12 House substitute rejected by Senate
2026-03-12 House insisted on substitute (0-Y 40-N 0-A) 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: Bagby, McPike, DeSteph
2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
2026-03-12 House Conferees: Shin, Maldonado, Pence
2026-03-12 Senate acceded to request
2026-03-13 Conference Report released
2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by House (92-Y 3-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-17 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB823)
2026-03-30 Enrolled enrolled
2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB823ER) 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
2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB823)
2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 852 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5d31f44c-d357-431f-80d7-4cf0eb302c53. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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