SB 516 VA

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Electric utilities; disconnection reports; State Corporation Commission database; annual summary. Requires each investor-owned utility and electric cooperative operating in the Commonwealth to provide a monthly report on residential account disconnections to the State Corporation Commission. The monthly report is required to include specific information outlined in the bill, including the number of residential accounts involuntarily disconnected due to nonpayment, the amount of time in which such accounts were reconnected to service, the amounts of arrearages attributable to such disconnected accounts and other residential accounts, and information related to how many of the disconnected accounts participate in a payment assistance program or have a serious medical condition certification form on file with the electric utility. The bill requires the Commission to publish the information from such monthly reports in a comprehensive and easily accessible online database. The bill also requires the Commission to submit an annual executive summary to the Governor and the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation on trends in electric utility disconnections based on the reports submitted by electric utilities, the first of which is due by September 1, 2027. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2027. As introduced, this bill was a recommendation of the Commission on Electric Utility Regulation. This bill is identical to HB 828.

• R. Creigh Deeds Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104599D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
3. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516) · upper
4. Feb 9, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 9, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (14-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 10, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107517D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Feb 12, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516) · upper
15. Feb 19, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
16. Feb 19, 2026 Read first time · lower
17. Feb 19, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
18. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (21-Y 0-N) · lower
19. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108608D-H1 · lower
20. Feb 26, 2026 Read second time · lower
21. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · lower
22. Feb 27, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
23. Feb 27, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
24. Feb 27, 2026 Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
25. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516) · upper
26. Mar 3, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
27. Mar 4, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
28. Mar 4, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
29. Mar 6, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
30. Mar 6, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
31. Mar 6, 2026 Senate Conferees: Deeds, Surovell, Obenshain · upper
32. Mar 11, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
33. Mar 11, 2026 House Conferees: Herring, Ward, Webert · lower
34. Mar 12, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
35. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
36. Mar 13, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
37. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
38. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB516ER) · upper
39. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
41. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
42. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
43. Apr 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (SB516) · upper
44. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 677 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
45. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0677) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · PDF
• Labor and Commerce Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML