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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

HB 114: Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy and SCC to conduct an analysis, report.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 114 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric utility infrastructure; Dept. of Energy and SCC to conduct an analysis, report. Primary sponsor: Lee Ware (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (March 6, 2026): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

State Corporation Commission; electric utility infrastructure; report. Directs the Department of Energy (the Department) and the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to conduct a comprehensive analysis of existing electric utility infrastructure to identify cost-saving opportunities that improve or preserve electric system reliability as an alternative or supplement to greenfield infrastructure projects. The bill requires the Department and the Commission to complete their analysis and submit a report to the General Assembly no later than July 1, 2027.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Lee WarePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse72
Rip SullivanCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse6

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB114)
  3. Committee substitute printed 26108325D-S1
  4. Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
  5. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  6. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  7. Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
  8. Engrossed by House - committee substitute
  9. committee substitute agreed to
  10. Read second time
  11. Read first time
  12. Committee substitute printed 26106016D-H1

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source