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HB1225Introduced in the House of Delegates

Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning, fast-charging stations, etc.

Passed

Introduced by Irene Shin, District 8

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Transportation electrification; integrated resource planning; fast-charging stations; cost recovery by electric utilities. Permits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to file a proposed tariff with the State Corporation Commission (the Commission) to provide utility owned and operated electrical distribution infrastructure to support electric vehicle charging stations. The bill requires Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company to file transportation electrification plans with the Commission by February 1, 2028, and every three years thereafter, and includes requirements for information to include in such plans. Under the bill, Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company are required to seek recovery of necessary and appropriate expenditures for transportation electrification only through their rates for generation and distribution services.The bill prohibits Dominion Energy and Appalachian Power Company from petitioning for approval of expenditures to own and operate electric vehicle fast-charging stations unless such stations are located at or beyond a radial distance as determined by the Commission relative to the location of any privately owned fast charging station. The bill also directs the Commission to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to determine the appropriate radial distance for such utility-owned fast-charging stations from privately-owned fast charging stations, to enter its final rule in such proceeding no later than December 31, 2027, and to review such final rule by December 31, 2029. Provisions of the bill restricting the radial distance of utility owned and operated fast-charging stations expire on July 1, 2031. This bill is identical to SB 407.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)

March 31, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

3 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N 0-A) · February 26, 2026

37

Yes

3

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Elizabeth Bennett-Parker5Yes
Michael Jones77Yes
Timmy French1Yes
Mark Obenshain2Yes
Chris Head3Yes
David Suetterlein4No
Travis Hackworth5Yes
Todd Pillion6Yes
William Stanley7No
Mark Peake8Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105153D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1225)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (9-Y 0-N)

  7. Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)

  8. Read first time

  9. Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar

  10. Read second time

  11. committee amendments agreed to

  12. Engrossed by House as amended

  13. Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N 0-A)

  14. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  15. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  16. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1225)

  17. Reported from Commerce and Labor (10-Y 3-N)

  18. Rules suspended

  19. Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)

  20. Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  21. Read third time

  22. Passed Senate (37-Y 3-N 0-A)

  23. Enrolled

  24. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1225ER)

  25. Signed by Speaker

  26. Signed by President

  27. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB1225)

  28. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026

  29. Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

  30. Approved by Governor-Chapter 26 (effective 7/1/2026)

  31. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0026)

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