---
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: "SB 1441"
citation: "Virginia SB 1441 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Locke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08885217-a9b2-45df-9b99-2fc7ddc7df26"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1441"
source_hash: "635206ee801f0d4ce1f752528905d6cf559c07bea4c4133dd8c67243f6deb7ce"
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 1441 (2023) — Offshore wind capacity; development, cost recovery.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0809** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0809)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106114D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1441S1)
3. **Governor's substitute printed 23107768D-S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1441S2)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 23102981D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1441)
5. **SB1441ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1441ER)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Locke — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23102981D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24** Assigned C&L sub: Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Impact statement from SCC (SB1441)
- **2023-02-06** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-06** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute printed 23106114D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-07** Committee substitute agreed to 23106114D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1441S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-07** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Impact statement from SCC (SB1441S1)
- **2023-02-16** Reported from Commerce and Energy (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-21** Passed House (87-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 12-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1441ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from SCC (SB1441ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107768D-S2
- **2023-04-12** Passed by for the day
- **2023-04-12** Communicated to Governor
- **2023-05-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 809 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0809)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08885217-a9b2-45df-9b99-2fc7ddc7df26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).