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type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities certain; SCC shall determine if using reasonable classifications of customers."
description: "State Corporation Commission regulatory proceeding; reasonable classifications of customers by public utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in an existing proceeding filed after January 1, 2025, but no late than July 1, 2027, to determine whether Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are using rates, tolls, charges, or schedules that contain reasonable classifications of utility customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2084"
citation: "Virginia HB 2084 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irene Shin"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95c7e0ba-671a-498f-9c23-7e3b93825091"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2084"
source_hash: "533e0a9e0ab6cbcb97d04fee882f8b9554ddfc9d7654ba209dd32303ed86c2c0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2084 (2025) — Public utilities certain; SCC shall determine if using reasonable classifications of customers.
State Corporation Commission regulatory proceeding; reasonable classifications of customers by public utilities. Directs the State Corporation Commission, in an existing proceeding filed after January 1, 2025, but no late than July 1, 2027, to determine whether Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power are using rates, tolls, charges, or schedules that contain reasonable classifications of utility customers.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1015035.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074221.PDF)
3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1057111.PDF)
4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067562.HTML)
5. **Conference Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1067564.PDF)
6. **Labor and Commerce Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027736.PDF)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1069244.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) — **96** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — **157** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) — **2416** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N) — **6135** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 4-N) — **74** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by House (67-Y 32-N) — **6732** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **2317** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute rejected by House (4-Y 94-N) — **494** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Irene Shin — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25100628D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 4-N)
- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2084)
- **2025-01-23** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Committee substitute printed 25105239D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Labor and Commerce Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-28** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-29** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 35-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-01-30** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2084)
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee substitute printed 25107587D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-02-18** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-19** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-19** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-19** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute rejected by House (4-Y 94-N)
- **2025-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2025-02-20** Senators: Deeds, Marsden, Obenshain
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2025-02-20** Delegates: Shin, Ward, Kilgore
- **2025-02-22** Amended by conference committee
- **2025-02-22** Conference substitute printed 25108019D-H2
- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by House (67-Y 32-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-22** Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2084ER) `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB2084)
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 395 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0395)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95c7e0ba-671a-498f-9c23-7e3b93825091`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).