republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-2227.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; amendments, energy efficiency and conservation."
description: "Uniform Statewide Building Code; amendments;energy efficiency and conservation. Requires the Board of Housingand Community Development to adopt amendments to the Uniform StatewideBuilding Code within one year of publication of a new version ofthe International Code Council's International Energy ConservationCode (IECC) to address changes related to energy efficiency and conservation.The bill requires the Board to adopt Building Code standards thatare at least as stringent as those contained in the new version ofthe IECC."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2227"
citation: "Virginia HB 2227 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kaye Kory"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 34
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/127ad476-53fd-4bcb-b952-692658846d55"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2227"
source_hash: "5f74f37268bc812a8a5dd26c902c4a7e386f02290a702c25870c7df7f783f7da"
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 2227 (2021) — Uniform Statewide Building Code; amendments, energy efficiency and conservation.

Uniform Statewide Building Code; amendments;energy efficiency and conservation. Requires the Board of Housingand Community Development to adopt amendments to the Uniform StatewideBuilding Code within one year of publication of a new version ofthe International Code Council's International Energy ConservationCode (IECC) to address changes related to energy efficiency and conservation.The bill requires the Board to adopt Building Code standards thatare at least as stringent as those contained in the new version ofthe IECC.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0425** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0425)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21104318D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2227H1)
3. **HB2227ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2227ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102540D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2227)

## Votes

- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N) — **13–8** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N) — **5–3** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) — **10–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) — **21–18** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N) — **54–45** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 4-N) — **8–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kaye Kory — primary (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102540D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 3-N)
- **2021-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB2227)
- **2021-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-02-02** Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 8-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Committee substitute printed 21104318D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-04** Committee substitute agreed to 21104318D-H1
- **2021-02-04** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2227H1
- **2021-02-05** Read third time and passed House (55-Y 45-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** VOTE: Passage (55-Y 45-N)
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-05** 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)
- **2021-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (HB2227H1)
- **2021-02-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology (8-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Passed Senate (21-Y 18-N) `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB2227ER)
- **2021-03-30** Approved by Governor-Chapter 425 (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/127ad476-53fd-4bcb-b952-692658846d55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).