republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-855.md

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Bill	Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year.	State Department of Social Services; Home Energy Assistance Program. Authorizes the State Department of Social Services to allow applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program to be submitted over an application period that provides adequate time for individuals to apply and is extended beyond the current application period subject to the availability of adequate funding.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 855	Virginia HB 855 (2024)	bill		enacted	Phil M. Hernandez	5	41	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/6d6b6363-502e-4cef-a3de-262cfc8f474a	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB855	f45a2c07376f15b465b3f2b053794bf3441708d28629c5fd0541c3c91b8fbe41	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 855 (2024) — Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year.

State Department of Social Services; Home Energy Assistance Program. Authorizes the State Department of Social Services to allow applications for the Home Energy Assistance Program to be submitted over an application period that provides adequate time for individuals to apply and is extended beyond the current application period subject to the availability of adequate funding.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0734 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24106859D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 24108808D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
4. HB855ER (committee substitute) — source
5. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104833D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Referred from General Laws — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N) — 97–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
• Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
• Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
• Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
• Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104833D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB855)
• 2024-01-23 Referred from General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2024-01-24 Assigned sub: Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106859D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-08 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24106859D-H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB855H1 substitution
• 2024-02-09 Impact statement from DPB (HB855H1)
• 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-12 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
• 2024-03-01 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-03-04 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-04 Committee substitute printed 24108808D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-06 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-06 Reading of substitute waived
• 2024-03-06 Committee substitute agreed to 24108808D-S1 substitution
• 2024-03-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB855S1 substitution
• 2024-03-06 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-06 Impact statement from DPB (HB855S1)
• 2024-03-07 Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108808D-S1 (98-Y 1-N) substitution
• 2024-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N)
• 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB855ER) passage
• 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB855ER)
• 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 734 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6d6b6363-502e-4cef-a3de-262cfc8f474a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).