Virginia House Bill 868 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Electric utilities; right to shop. Authorizes individual retail customers of electric energy to purchase electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from any licensed competitive supplier of electric energy, including any incumbent electric utility. Currently, such customers may purchase electric power from such suppliers, other than an incumbent electric utility that is not the incumbent electric utility serving the exclusive territory in which the customer is located, only if their incumbent electric utility does not offer an approved tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy. The measure also provides that a cooperative utility customer eligible to take service under a tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy is prohibited from purchasing electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy from a licensed supplier, except such customer is authorized to continue purchasing renewable energy pursuant to the terms of a power purchase agreement in effect on the date the cooperative serving it filed with the Commission such tariff for electric energy provided 100 percent from renewable energy for the duration of such agreement. The provisions of the bill will not become effective unless reenacted by the 2021 Session of the General Assembly.

Electric utilities; right to shop.

Del. Jeffrey Bourne [D]	Sen. Jennifer Carroll Foy [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Paul Krizek [D]

2020-03-08 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 9-N) (Y: 30 N: 9 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-07 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N) (Y: 56 N: 41 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 11-N) (Y: 29 N: 11 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N) (Y: 0 N: 97 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-03-05 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 7-N) (Y: 33 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-04 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-02 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 4-N) (Y: 10 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) (Y: 55 N: 44 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-06 - House - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N) (Y: 14 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1107)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1107 (effective - see bill)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB868ER)
2020-03-18	House	Enrolled
2020-03-08	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (30-Y 9-N)
2020-03-08	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-07	House	VOTE: Adoption (56-Y 41-N)
2020-03-07	House	Conference report agreed to by House (56-Y 41-N)
2020-03-07		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05	Senate	Senators: Saslaw, Spruill, Norment
2020-03-05	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05	House	Delegates: Bourne, Mullin, O'Quinn
2020-03-05	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-03-05	House	House acceded to request
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-03-05	Senate	Senate insisted on amendment (29-Y 11-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-05	House	Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 7-N)
2020-03-05	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-03-05	Senate	Committee amendment agreed to
2020-03-05	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2020-03-05	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-05	Senate	Read third time
2020-03-04	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reported from Commerce and Labor with amendment (13-Y 2-N)
2020-03-02	Senate	Reconsidered by Commerce and Labor
2020-02-24	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Commerce and Labor (10-Y 4-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB868H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107673D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-09	House	Read first time
2020-02-06	House	Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (14-Y 8-N)
2020-02-06	House	Committee substitute printed 20107673D-H1
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102574D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB868
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB868+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB868H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB868ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1107+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H14V0221+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0846+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0213+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S02V0235+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1529HB0868+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1612HB0868+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1935+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1665HB0868+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV2048+HB0868
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1862HB0868+HB0868