---
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).