Virginia House Bill 1027 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-13 - Left in Labor and Commerce
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Energy policy of the Commonwealth; state authority; legislative declaration. Declares that affordable, reliable, and secure energy resources are important to the health, safety, and welfare of the Commonwealth's citizens and provides that the Commonwealth has a duty to defend the production and supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy from external regulatory interference. Under the bill, if the State Corporation Commission or an electric utility, as defined in the bill, receives notice of any federal regulation that may threaten the production or supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy within the Commonwealth, the Commission or such electric utility shall inform the Office of the Attorney General of such regulation within 30 days of the receipt of such notice. The bill requires the Office of the Attorney General to take any action necessary to defend the Commonwealth's interest in the production and supply of affordable, reliable, and secure energy, including filing an action in court or participating in administrative proceedings.

Energy policy of the Commonwealth; state authority, legislative declaration.

Del. Eric Zehr [R]

2024-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N) (Y: 3 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-13	House	Left in Labor and Commerce
2024-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (3-Y 2-N)
2024-01-23	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #4
2024-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100611D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
45	2	1705.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1027
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1027+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB1027F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1404V0001+HB1027