republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-2008.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Energy career cluster; Department of Education, et al., to establish, report."
description: "Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with representatives from pertinent industries such as renewable energy, natural gas, nuclear energy, coal, and oil, to establish an energy career cluster. The bill requires the Department of Education to base the knowledge and skill sets contained in such energy career cluster on the energy industry competency and credential models developed by the Center for Energy Workforce Development in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill further requires the Department of Education to report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1, 2019, on its progress toward establishing such energy career cluster. This bill is identical to"
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 2008"
citation: "Virginia HB 2008 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Energy Conservation and Resources", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["T. Scott Garrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7efa4554-2d97-45a0-8d64-de774f192664"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2008"
source_hash: "f15b7b4d3f8902d8921cef7a0144b87ac8804f1ce47b58a2d38021b2499c9ef2"
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 2008 (2019) — Energy career cluster; Department of Education, et al., to establish, report.

Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with representatives from pertinent industries such as renewable energy, natural gas, nuclear energy, coal, and oil, to establish an energy career cluster. The bill requires the Department of Education to base the knowledge and skill sets contained in such energy career cluster on the energy industry competency and credential models developed by the Center for Energy Workforce Development in partnership with the U.S. Department of Labor. The bill further requires the Department of Education to report to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education and Health no later than December 1, 2019, on its progress toward establishing such energy career cluster. This bill is identical to

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0370)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0370)
2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2008ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2008ER)
3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103837D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2008)

## Votes

- Reported from Education — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- T. Scott Garrett — primary (person)
- Brenda L. Pogge — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn R. Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Gordon C. Helsel, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Michael P. Mullin — cosponsor (person)
- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
- Richard P. Bell — cosponsor (person)
- Roxann L. Robinson — cosponsor (person)
- Schuyler T. VanValkenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103837D `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Referred to Committee on Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Enrolled
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-21** Signed by President
- **2019-02-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- **2019-02-28** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 370 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7efa4554-2d97-45a0-8d64-de774f192664`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).