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HB 503 VA
Introduced

Electric utilities; cost recovery, costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

VA · session 2027 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 12, 2026

Latest action (Jul 21, 2026) Continued from last session

Summary

Virginia House Bill 503 would modify electric utility cost recovery provisions related to serving data center customers. The bill would amend the Virginia Code to allow electric utilities to recover costs substantially related to providing service to data center customers.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill (from the OpenStates abstract — no full text available yet) — neutral, and may be imperfect.

Official abstract

A BILL to amend and reenact § 56-585.1 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electric utilities; cost recovery; costs substantially related to serving data center customers.

Sponsor (1)

  • John Chilton McAuliff · primary
2 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Gretchen M. Bulova · cosponsor
  • JJ Singh Democratic · cosponsor

Action history (7)

  1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103084D · lower
  2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce · lower
  3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
  4. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB503) · lower
  5. Feb 10, 2026 Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote) · lower
  6. Feb 12, 2026 Continued to next session in Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote) · lower
  7. Jul 21, 2026 Continued from last session · lower

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