republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2029.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fire training activities; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board."
description: "Department of Fire Programs; prohibition onthe use of certain oriented strand board in fire service trainingactivities. Prohibits the use by any person, local government,or agency of the Commonwealth of Class A fuel materials that containoriented strand board, defined in the bill, during fire service training activities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2029"
citation: "Virginia HB 2029 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f3d3f2-7651-408b-9d43-9603d61a4c7b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2029"
source_hash: "36f9d12d49a25de71054f553a2e767b572b30aee3559247820dfb9bb1218bf42"
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 2029 (2021) — Fire training activities; prohibition on the use of certain oriented strand board.

Department of Fire Programs; prohibition onthe use of certain oriented strand board in fire service trainingactivities. Prohibits the use by any person, local government,or agency of the Commonwealth of Class A fuel materials that containoriented strand board, defined in the bill, during fire service training activities.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0285)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21104491D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2029S1)
3. **HB2029ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2029ER)
4. **HB2029S2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2029S2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102658D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2029)
6. **Printed as engrossed 21102658D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2029E)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N) — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) — **9–5** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 21-N) — **75–21** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N) — **28–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102658D `introduction`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-17** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2029)
- **2021-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-26** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-01-28** Engrossed by House as amended HB2029E
- **2021-01-28** Printed as engrossed 21102658D-E
- **2021-01-29** Read third time and passed House (81-Y 18-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-29** VOTE: Passage (81-Y 18-N)
- **2021-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB2029E)
- **2021-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-01** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee substitute printed 21104491D-S1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2029S1)
- **2021-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (32-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-22** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-22** Committee substitute rejected 21104491D-S1
- **2021-02-22** Reading of substitute waived
- **2021-02-22** Floor substitute printed 21200466D-S2 (McPike)
- **2021-02-22** Substitute by Senator McPike agreed to
- **2021-02-22** Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute HB2029S2
- **2021-02-22** Passed Senate with substitute (28-Y 11-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-23** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (HB2029S2)
- **2021-02-23** Senate substitute agreed to by House 21200466D-S2 (76-Y 21-N)
- **2021-02-23** VOTE: Adoption (76-Y 21-N)
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2029ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by President
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-01** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 2021
- **2021-03-01** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 285 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54f3d3f2-7651-408b-9d43-9603d61a4c7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).