HB 828 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 SB 516.

• Charniele L. Herring Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101400D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
3. Jan 22, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
4. Jan 27, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (6-Y 0-N) · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 2, 2026 Read first time · lower
7. Feb 3, 2026 Read second time · lower
8. Feb 3, 2026 committee amendments agreed to · lower
9. Feb 3, 2026 Engrossed by House as amended · lower
10. Feb 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828) · lower
11. Feb 4, 2026 Read third time and passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) · lower
12. Feb 4, 2026 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House · lower
13. Feb 4, 2026 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 5, 2026 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor · upper
16. Feb 23, 2026 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
17. Feb 24, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108400D-S1 · upper
18. Feb 25, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 25, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 25, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Feb 26, 2026 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to · upper
23. Feb 26, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
24. Feb 26, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
25. Mar 2, 2026 Senate substitute agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
26. Mar 2, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828) · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Enrolled · lower
28. Mar 6, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB828ER) · lower
29. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
30. Mar 6, 2026 Signed by President · upper
31. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
32. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
33. Mar 12, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB828) · lower
34. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 676 (Effective 7/1/2027) · executive
35. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0676) · 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
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · PDF
• Commerce and Labor Substitute · HTML
• Engrossed · PDF
• Engrossed · HTML
• Labor and Commerce Amendment · HTML
• Subcommittee #3 Subcommittee Amendment · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML