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type: "Bill"
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title: "Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings."
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description: "Department of Energy; building standards forcertain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to availablebudgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related toenergy and resilience standards for construction or renovation ofcertain public buildings. The bill also requires the Department toconduct an annual survey of localities to obtain information on relatedactivities and to identify the needs of localities with respect totechnical assistance and training. The bill also makes several technicaland clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by definingor redefining existing terms found in the statute."
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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: "SB 245"
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citation: "Virginia SB 245 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy S. McPike"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 11
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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/b8674a6f-1dbc-44d9-aea1-8fcfc49bf655"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB245"
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source_hash: "041eeec5d85fe33e70be2bb0641858b4fcb2cc53be5b295e65a8b8ea1b86f0d2"
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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 SB 245 (2024) — Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings.
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Department of Energy; building standards forcertain local buildings. Requires the Department of Energy to provide technical assistance to localities, subject to availablebudgetary resources, as localities implement mandates related toenergy and resilience standards for construction or renovation ofcertain public buildings. The bill also requires the Department toconduct an annual survey of localities to obtain information on relatedactivities and to identify the needs of localities with respect totechnical assistance and training. The bill also makes several technicaland clarifying changes to the existing statute, in part by definingor redefining existing terms found in the statute.
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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. **CHAP0706** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0706)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 24108109D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB245H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104845D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB245)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24104845D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB245E)
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5. **SB245ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB245ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from Labor and Commerce — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (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 24104845D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-17** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-17** Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-17** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-01** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2024-02-01** General Laws and Technology Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2024-02-01** Finance and Appropriation Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-02-01** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB245E
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- **2024-02-01** Printed as engrossed 24104845D-E
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- **2024-02-02** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB245E)
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- **2024-02-05** Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-13** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Referred from Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-20** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-21** Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-22** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-02-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-02-27** Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-27** Committee substitute printed 24108109D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-02-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-01** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-01** Committee substitute agreed to 24108109D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB245H1 `substitution`
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- **2024-03-01** Passed House with substitute (52-Y 45-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-01** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed by for the day
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- **2024-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (SB245H1)
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- **2024-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (26-Y 14-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** Title replaced 24108109D-H1
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- **2024-03-05** Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-05** House substitute agreed to by Senate (21-Y 19-N) `substitution`
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- **2024-03-08** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-08** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Impact statement from DPB (SB245ER)
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)
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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/b8674a6f-1dbc-44d9-aea1-8fcfc49bf655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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