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type: "Bill"
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title: "Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 855"
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citation: "Virginia HB 855 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Phil M. Hernandez"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 41
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d6b6363-502e-4cef-a3de-262cfc8f474a"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB855"
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source_hash: "f45a2c07376f15b465b3f2b053794bf3441708d28629c5fd0541c3c91b8fbe41"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 855 (2024) — Home Energy Assistance Program; Bd. of Social Svcs. to allow applications to be submitted all year.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0734** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0734)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24106859D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB855H1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 24108808D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB855S1)
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4. **HB855ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB855ER)
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5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104833D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB855)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N) — **97–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Phil M. Hernandez — primary (person)
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- Adele Y. McClure — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
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- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104833D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB855)
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- **2024-01-23** Referred from General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-23** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-24** Assigned sub: Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-01** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-01** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-06** Committee substitute printed 24106859D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-09** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Committee substitute agreed to 24106859D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB855H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-09** Impact statement from DPB (HB855H1)
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- **2024-02-12** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-12** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-01** Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Committee substitute printed 24108808D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-03-06** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-06** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2024-03-06** Committee substitute agreed to 24108808D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB855S1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-06** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB855S1)
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- **2024-03-07** Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108808D-S1 (98-Y 1-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-07** VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 1-N)
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- **2024-03-25** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-25** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB855ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-25** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB855ER)
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- **2024-03-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 734 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0734)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d6b6363-502e-4cef-a3de-262cfc8f474a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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