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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities, Department of Forestry advisory panel, report."
description: "Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities, Department of Forestry advisory panel, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2026"
citation: "Virginia HB 2026 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["O'Quinn"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2ea9ebd-d14d-42bf-ae74-89cd6996320e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2026"
source_hash: "7695d82735d9211570833394153ed65408449b72f8ab8eacf63e7d735f42e58f"
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 2026 (2023) — Renewable energy; biomass-fired facilities, Department of Forestry advisory panel, report.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0803** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0803)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106695D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2026S1)
3. **HB2026ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2026ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101845D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2026)
5. **Printed as engrossed 23101845D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2026E)
## Votes
- VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 21-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- O'Quinn — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101845D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Energy `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-19** Reported from Commerce and Energy with amendment(s) (12-Y 10-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Engrossed by House as amended HB2026E
- **2023-01-24** Printed as engrossed 23101845D-E
- **2023-01-25** Read third time and passed House (52-Y 48-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 48-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from SCC (HB2026E)
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Committee substitute printed 23106695D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-16** Committee substitute agreed to 23106695D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2026S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-16** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106695D-S1 (78-Y 21-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-20** VOTE: Adoption (78-Y 21-N)
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from SCC (HB2026S1)
- **2023-02-23** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2026ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from SCC (HB2026ER)
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** Passed by for the day
- **2023-04-12** Communicated to Governor
- **2023-04-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 12, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 803 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0803)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2ea9ebd-d14d-42bf-ae74-89cd6996320e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).