SB 1047 Virginia Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Demand response programs; Dept. of Energy to evaluate & assess benefits, and recommendations.

Summary

Department of Energy; demand response programs; evaluation and assessment; report. Directs the Department of Energy to evaluate and assess benefits, impacts, best practices, and implementation recommendations for demand response programs in the Commonwealth and to report such evaluation and assessment by November 1, 2025.

Issues: ✓ Energy

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Feb 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House of Delegates Passage

Feb 2025

Vetoed

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Vetoed Mar 24, 2025

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What changed between versions

Senator Roem, Danica A. Substitute → Enrolled · 3 edits · Feb 23, 2025

MINOR

The bill transitioned from a draft Senate substitute to its final enrolled version, meaning it is now ready to be signed into law. The substantive policy content regarding the Department of Energy's evaluation of demand response programs remains identical to the draft, with no changes to the specific requirements, deadlines, or scope of the study.

Scope change

No change; the bill's scope and applicability are identical in both versions.

TECHNICAL

Removed draft metadata including the bill number, amendment type, and the name of the sponsoring senator.

Added official enrolled headers, including the act title, chapter designation, and approval status.

Changed the section header from 'SENATE SUBSTITUTE' to 'ENROLLED' to reflect the bill's final status.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 3, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 18, 2025

How they voted

40–0

Passed

Total votes 40

Feb 3, 2025

D Democratic21

21 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican19

19 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Apr 2, 2025

Vetoed

Senate sustained Governor's veto

upper

Apr 2, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Mar 24, 2025

Vetoed

Vetoed by Governor

executive

Feb 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

Signed by President

upper

Feb 20, 2025

Lower · Passed

Signed by Speaker

lower

Feb 20, 2025

Upper · Passed

Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1047ER)

upper

Feb 18, 2025

Lower · Passed

Passed House (53-Y 44-N)

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported from Labor and Commerce (12-Y 9-N)

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3

lower

Feb 11, 2025

Lower · Passed

Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 4-N)

lower

Feb 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed Senate (21-Y 17-N)

upper

Feb 4, 2025

Amended

Commerce and Labor Amendment rejected

upper

Feb 3, 2025

Upper · Passed

Passed by for the day

upper

Jan 30, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)

upper

Jan 27, 2025

Upper · Passed

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

upper

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors