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type: "Bill"
title: "Cybersecurity; electric service by investor-owned electric utilities, report."
description: "Cybersecurity; electric service by investor-owned electric utilities and electric cooperatives; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to evaluate cybersecurity as it relates to the provision of electric service by investor-owned electric utilities and electric cooperatives and requires the Commission to report on its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor by November 30, 2025."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1239"
citation: "Virginia SB 1239 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan T. McDougle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dea9ca86-5c8e-4c32-9307-30d707c3a251"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1239"
source_hash: "4e2c045a8c8ae6d8bb9db3fe50efc054461f1f159c25aeb818da7898e58f8dd9"
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 SB 1239 (2025) — Cybersecurity; electric service by investor-owned electric utilities, report.
Cybersecurity; electric service by investor-owned electric utilities and electric cooperatives; work group; report. Directs the State Corporation Commission to convene a work group to evaluate cybersecurity as it relates to the provision of electric service by investor-owned electric utilities and electric cooperatives and requires the Commission to report on its findings and recommendations to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Labor and Commerce and the Senate Committee on Commerce and Labor by November 30, 2025.
## 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/1018487.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074581.PDF)
3. **Rules Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054272.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068660.PDF)
## Votes
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) — **180** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101903D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-17** Reported from Rules (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-20** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-20** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-21** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-22** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB1239)
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Rules `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17** Reported from Rules with substitute (18-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Committee substitute printed 25107554D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-19** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-20** Rules Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-20** House substitute agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1239ER) `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`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 444 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0444)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dea9ca86-5c8e-4c32-9307-30d707c3a251`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).