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| Bill | Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset. | Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 25. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 67 | Virginia HB 67 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 67 (2026) — Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset.
Department of Energy; workforce development in offshore wind industry. Directs the Director of the Department of Energy to identify and develop training resources to advance workforce development in the offshore wind industry in the Commonwealth. This bill is identical to SB 25.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Commerce and Labor Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 85–12 (pass) · lower
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 21–19 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 21–18 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 77–19 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 9–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 2–96 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-12-30 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104587D
filing, introduction - 2025-12-30 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
- 2026-01-22 Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB67)
- 2026-01-27 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 2026-01-27 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-29 Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-24 Committee substitute printed 26108322D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB67)
- 2026-03-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-09 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-09 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-10 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-10 Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-10 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-10 Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-11 Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 96-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-12 Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-12 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-12 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Feggans, Anthony, Webert
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Carroll Foy, Surovell, DeSteph
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-13 Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 19-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB67ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-01 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB67)
- 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26be4e7a-7c52-4027-a70e-a8ce7fe37625. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).