Virginia House Bill 503 (Prefiled Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2026 - 25% progression
Action: 2026-07-21 - Continued from last session
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Electric utilities; cost recovery; costs substantially related to serving data center customers. Prohibits the recovery of costs incurred by an electric utility that (i) are substantially related to the provision of electric service to data center customers and (ii) would not have been incurred but for the demand of such data center customers from being included in any rates or charges approved by the State Corporation Commission under current law, unless such rates and charges are designed to recover, or substantially recover, such costs solely from data center customers. Under the bill, "data center customers" are data centers with a peak demand of 100 megawatts or greater.

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

Del. John Chilton McAuliff [D]

Del. Gretchen Bulova [D]

Del. J.J. Singh [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-07-21	House	Continued from last session
2026-02-12	House	Continued to next session in Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)
2026-02-10	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to (Voice Vote)
2026-01-19	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB503)
2026-01-19	House	Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
2026-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2026-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103084D

HB503 (Carry Over) 2026-02-12 - Continued to next session in Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB503
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20271/HB503/text/HB503
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091296.PDF