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HB884Introduced in the House of Delegates

Electric utilities; Percentage of Income Payment Program, eligibility, delayed effective date.

Passed

Introduced by Charniele Herring, District 4

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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 percent of an eligible participant's annual household income on electricity costs if the household's primary heating source is electricity. The bill also amends the eligibility criteria of the Program beginning January 1, 2027, to include any retail electric customer of Dominion Energy or Appalachian Power with a household income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. The bill directs the Department of Social Services, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development as needed, to update its rules and guidelines for the implementation of the Program to reflect the eligibility requirements of the bill. The provisions of the bill, other than the provisions directing the Department of Social Services to update its rules and guidelines, have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027.

Where it stands

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)

April 13, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House of Delegates votes

6 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

4 recorded votes · each counted separately

House of DelegatesStage: Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A) · March 12, 2026

63

Yes

35

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

99 delegates recorded in this House of Delegates vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each delegate voted

DelegateDistrictVote
Patrick Hope1Yes
Adele McClure2Yes
Alfonso Lopez3Yes
Charniele Herring4Yes
Kirk McPike5Yes
Richard Sullivan6Yes
Karen Keys-Gamarra7Yes
Irene Shin8Yes
Karrie Delaney9Yes
Dan Helmer10Yes

Bill history

  1. Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104182D

  2. Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

  3. Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3

  4. Fiscal Impact Statement from State Corporation Commission (HB884)

  5. House subcommittee offered

  6. Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 2-N)

  7. Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  8. Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources

  9. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)

  10. Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 2-N)

  11. Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 7-N)

  12. Read first time

  13. Read second time

  14. committee amendments agreed to

  15. Engrossed by House as amended

  16. Read third time and passed House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)

  17. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)

  18. Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

  19. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)

  20. Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)

  21. Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 4-N)

  22. Committee substitute printed 26109545D-S1

  23. Rules suspended

  24. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)

  25. Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)

  26. Read third time

  27. Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to

  28. Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute

  29. Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)

  30. Senate substitute agreed to by House (63-Y 35-N 0-A)

  31. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)

  32. Enrolled

  33. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB884ER)

  34. Signed by President

  35. Signed by Speaker

  36. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB884)

  37. Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026

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

  39. Approved by Governor - Chapter 690 (effective - 1/1/2027)

  40. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0690)

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