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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 1243: Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers.

In committee 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

SB 1243 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers. Primary sponsor: Richard Stuart (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB960-Perry) (15-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.

Electric utilities; electric distribution infrastructure serving data centers. Prohibits the costs associated with the construction or extension of any electric distribution infrastructure that primarily serves the load of a data center from being recovered from any other customer.

Sponsors

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

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Richard StuartPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25
Danica RoemCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30

“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. Incorporated by Commerce and Labor (SB960-Perry) (15-Y 0-N)
  2. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
  3. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100447D

Sources

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