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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Offshore wind capacity; development, cost recovery."
+description: "Offshore wind capacity; development, cost recovery."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 2444"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2444 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bloxom"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2023-01-20"
+last_action: "2023-05-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a85593c9-cfae-4c81-838d-b0326b38f362"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2444"
+source_hash: "fc638fc05e1e9c9fb323edd0c146e1b8e04a050f184ad311d33715913d1d011d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 2444 (2023) — Offshore wind capacity; development, cost recovery.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0808** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0808)
+2. **Governor's substitute printed 23107766D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2444H1)
+3. **HB2444ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2444ER)
+4. **Presented and ordered printed 23104886D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2444)
+5. **Printed as engrossed 23104886D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2444E)
+
+## Votes
+
+- VOTE: Passage (90-Y 5-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
+- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bloxom — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 23104886D `introduction`
+- **2023-01-20** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-29** Impact statement from SCC (HB2444)
+- **2023-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
+- **2023-02-02** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (20-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-06** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House as amended HB2444E
+- **2023-02-06** Printed as engrossed 23104886D-E
+- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House (90-Y 5-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Passage (90-Y 5-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from SCC (HB2444E)
+- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
+- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2444ER) `passage`
+- **2023-02-21** Impact statement from SCC (HB2444ER)
+- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
+- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107766D-H1
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
+- **2023-04-12** Passed by for the day
+- **2023-04-12** Communicated to Governor
+- **2023-04-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 12, 2023 `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 808 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0808)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a85593c9-cfae-4c81-838d-b0326b38f362`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+