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type: "Bill"
title: "Carbon-free energy or clean energy; definition of fusion energy."
description: "Carbon-free energy or clean energy; fusion energy; definitions. Adds fusion energy, as defined in the bill, to the list of generation sources that qualify as carbon-free energy or clean energy. This bill is identical to HB 1779."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1338"
citation: "Virginia SB 1338 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a955f85e-86ea-49e2-8994-0d800ca7763a"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1338"
source_hash: "60eab42858703f159e712000de24c672bb0a61a958a7b81bfa4f44cfb489948b"
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 1338 (2025) — Carbon-free energy or clean energy; definition of fusion energy.
Carbon-free energy or clean energy; fusion energy; definitions. Adds fusion energy, as defined in the bill, to the list of generation sources that qualify as carbon-free energy or clean energy. This bill is identical to HB 1779.
## 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/1019390.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071647.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047337.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (94-Y 0-N) — **940** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **130** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25103768D `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-23** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by Senate
- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1338)
- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06** Reported from Labor and Commerce (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11** Passed House (94-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-13** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1338ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1338)
- **2025-02-13** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-20** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 20, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-02-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Approved by Governor-Chapter 154 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0154)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a955f85e-86ea-49e2-8994-0d800ca7763a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).