republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-423.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Electric utilities; duty to furnish adequate service, high-demand customers."
description: "Electric utilities; delay in provision of service permitted. Provides that a distributor of electric energy may delay the provision of service if such delay is necessary to maintain electric grid reliability, to avoid exceeding available generation or transmission capacity constraints, or to ensure compliance with load interconnection policies or rules issued by the State Corporation Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1151."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 423"
citation: "Virginia SB 423 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54877e0-797c-4d54-9026-19661b6e0d81"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB423"
source_hash: "00d0c40824b06b2027184ff910c0f6f14319aae60cca230fe2bb9cdac5e595f2"
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 423 (2026) — Electric utilities; duty to furnish adequate service, high-demand customers.

Electric utilities; delay in provision of service permitted. Provides that a distributor of electric energy may delay the provision of service if such delay is necessary to maintain electric grid reliability, to avoid exceeding available generation or transmission capacity constraints, or to ensure compliance with load interconnection policies or rules issued by the State Corporation Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 1151.

## 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/1090012.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222194.PDF)
3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1147120.PDF)
4. **Senator Perry Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1149125.PDF)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1188598.PDF)

## Votes

- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **66–30** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **15–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Russet Perry — primary (person)
- Kannan Srinivasan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104600D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB423)
- **2026-02-12** Senate committee offered
- **2026-02-12** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107906D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-13** Passed by for the day
- **2026-02-16** Floor substitute printed 26108040D-S2 (Perry)
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Commerce and Labor Substitute rejected
- **2026-02-16** Floor offered Senator Perry Substitute
- **2026-02-16** Reading of substitute waived
- **2026-02-16** Senator Perry Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-16** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Labor and Commerce (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB423)
- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-27** Passed House (66-Y 30-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB423ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB423)
- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 746 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0746)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54877e0-797c-4d54-9026-19661b6e0d81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).