--- 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).