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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report."
+description: "Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force to determine barriers to access and enrollment in the current energy efficiency programs for income-qualified energy customers and to evaluate and develop a plan to address any necessary improvements regarding coordination among state and federal government agencies for utility services and resources to more effectively deliver energy-efficient housing, weatherization resources, and energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least six times between July 1, 2026, and September 30, 2027, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than September 30, 2027. The bill specifies that such report shall include policy recommendations and a plan to ensure that weatherization-ready repairs and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits are provided to all eligible income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth residing in multifamily buildings, single-family dwellings, and manufactured homes by December 31, 2034. This bill is identical to HB 3."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 5"
+citation: "Virginia SB 5 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mamie E. Locke"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2025-11-17"
+last_action: "2026-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6f81fcb-6262-4a12-81f1-d66754bb12b2"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB5"
+source_hash: "3c8420bbf635a8b96cf29d7d3fd5d4634e4718946f472288eb14b9899ae43410"
+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 SB 5 (2026) — Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, report.
+
+Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report. Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force to determine barriers to access and enrollment in the current energy efficiency programs for income-qualified energy customers and to evaluate and develop a plan to address any necessary improvements regarding coordination among state and federal government agencies for utility services and resources to more effectively deliver energy-efficient housing, weatherization resources, and energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least six times between July 1, 2026, and September 30, 2027, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than September 30, 2027. The bill specifies that such report shall include policy recommendations and a plan to ensure that weatherization-ready repairs and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits are provided to all eligible income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth residing in multifamily buildings, single-family dwellings, and manufactured homes by December 31, 2034. This bill is identical to HB 3.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081238.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218652.PDF)
+3. **General Laws and Technology Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1127948.PDF)
+4. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186327.HTML)
+5. **Labor and Commerce Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1179326.HTML)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194771.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) — **16–5** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **72–24** (pass) · lower
+- Concur House Amendment R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mamie E. Locke — primary (person)
+- R. Creigh Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100550D `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-11-17** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Assigned GL&T sub: Housing `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-22** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB5)
+- **2026-01-28** Senate subcommittee offered
+- **2026-02-04** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-05** Committee substitute printed 26106390D-S1 `substitution`
+- **2026-02-06** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB5)
+- **2026-02-10** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-11** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-11** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12** General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
+- **2026-02-12** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) `substitution`
+- **2026-02-13** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** Placed on Calendar
+- **2026-02-18** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (16-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-27** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Engrossed by House as amended
+- **2026-02-27** Passed House with amendment (72-Y 24-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB5ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB5)
+- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 541 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0541)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6f81fcb-6262-4a12-81f1-d66754bb12b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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