Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 56-585.6 of the Code of Virginia, relating to electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program; eligibility. Amends the objectives of the Percentage of Income Payment Program, which provides electric bill payment assistance to eligible customers, to include (i) reducing the energy burden of eligible participants by limiting electric bill payments directly to no more than three percent of the eligible participant's annual household income if the household's heating source is anything other than electricity and to no more than five pe
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 690 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Charniele L. Herring
Recorded votes
Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-12 · P · Y 63, N 35, X 1
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-11 · P · Y 21, N 19
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 37, X 3
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 10, N 4, X 1
Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 9, N 6
Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 63, N 34, X 3
Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 15, N 7
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 5, N 2
Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-05 · P · Y 15, N 7
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and rereferred to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 7, N 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 690.