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type: "Bill"
title: "Offshore wind industry; workforce development."
description: "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 HB 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "Virginia SB 25 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer D. Carroll Foy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2025-11-17"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8997f128-2fc7-4dde-93f1-dc674e53bd49"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB25"
source_hash: "3a9e72e61a7728dd0b4539b4a14140308c2f3e9ae0b1df9b1fb7044c95286dac"
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 SB 25 (2026) — Offshore wind industry; workforce development.
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 HB 67.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1081334.PDF)
2. **Appropriations Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1186311.HTML)
3. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217606.PDF)
4. **Finance and Appropriations Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1145680.PDF)
5. **House Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1194126.HTML)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1202360.PDF)
## Votes
- Concur House Amendment R — **2119** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — **132** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor — **96** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **2019** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **201** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **201** (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — **8613** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — primary (person)
- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-11-17** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100557D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-11-17** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB25)
- **2026-02-09** Reported from Commerce and Labor and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Rules suspended
- **2026-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-02-12** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107814D-S1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
- **2026-02-13** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB25)
- **2026-02-19** Placed on Calendar
- **2026-02-19** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Labor and Commerce (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-26** Reconsidered by Labor and Commerce (Voice Vote)
- **2026-02-26** Reported from Labor and Commerce and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-27** Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** Reported from Appropriations with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2026-03-04** Passed House with amendment (86-Y 13-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-06** House Amendment agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-12** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-12** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB25ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB25)
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 362 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0362)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8997f128-2fc7-4dde-93f1-dc674e53bd49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).