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Bill

Energy manager; responsibilities.

Energy efficiency; Commonwealth Efficient andResilient Buildings Board. Establishes the Commonwealth Efficientand Resilient Buildings Board to advise the Governor, the Virginia Public Building Authority, and all state agencies, departments, authorities, institutions of higher learning, and political subdivisionson accelerating improvements to state buildings to reduce greenhousegas emissions and improve resiliency. The Board shall be composedof eleven members, including three nonlegislative citizen membersto be appointed by the Governor. The Directors of the Departmentsof General Services, Mines, Minerals and Energy, and Planning andBudget, or their designees; the Secretaries of Education, Finance,and Natural Resources, or their designees; the Special Assistant tothe Governor for Coastal Adaptation and Protection; and the Chairmanof the Virginia Public Building Authority shall serve ex officiowith voting privileges. The billalso requires the head of each state agency to designate an existingemployee, known as an energy manager, who shall be responsible forimplementing improvements to state buildings to reduce greenhousegas emissions and improve energy efficiency and climate change resiliency. The Board has a sunset date of July 1, 2030.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

SB 963

Virginia SB 963 (2020)

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enacted

Scott A. Surovell

2020-01-14

2020-04-09

openstates

ocd-bill/f18d47bd-8bb1-4c9c-a85d-362d1ae21110

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB963

7b560d02aafd5a4f0c907842a244aae0bc7b9071e3d64f027612e6d0f37b3d85

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

reported

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us-va

Virginia SB 963 (2020) — Energy manager; responsibilities.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0961) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB963ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB963E (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB963) (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (SB963H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 1-N) — 12–1 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
Reported from General Laws (14-Y 7-N) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N) — 56–41 (pass) · lower
Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N) — 5–1 (pass) · lower
House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper

Timeline

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

2020-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 20104286D introduction
2020-01-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
2020-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (SB963)
2020-01-29 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 1-N) committee-passage
2020-01-29 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
2020-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-11 Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-11 Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB963E
2020-02-11 Printed as engrossed 20104286D-E
2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-11 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
2020-02-14 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process referral-committee
2020-02-17 Impact statement from DPB (SB963E)
2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 1-N)
2020-02-18 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-20 Reported from General Laws (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
2020-02-25 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-02-28 Committee substitute printed 20109152D-H1 substitution
2020-02-28 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (SB963H1)
2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
2020-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 20109152D-H1
2020-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB963H1
2020-03-04 Passed House with substitute (57-Y 41-N) passage
2020-03-04 VOTE: Passage (57-Y 41-N)
2020-03-05 House substitute agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-03-05 Title replaced 20109152D-H1
2020-03-12 Enrolled
2020-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB963ER)
2020-03-12 Signed by President
2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-09 Approved by Governor-Chapter 961 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f18d47bd-8bb1-4c9c-a85d-362d1ae21110. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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