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type: "Bill"
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title: "Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset."
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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 SB 25."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 67"
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citation: "Virginia HB 67 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael B. Feggans"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2025-12-30"
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last_action: "2026-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26be4e7a-7c52-4027-a70e-a8ce7fe37625"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB67"
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source_hash: "62c1503ea0865d7b952cdf270a9a949e4e65419285f3f77d59f7cd07452c9850"
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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 HB 67 (2026) — Offshore Wind Industry Workforce Program and Fund; established, report, sunset.
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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 SB 25.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082214.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217602.PDF)
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3. **Commerce and Labor Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1177673.PDF)
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4. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210470.HTML)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214161.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **85–12** (pass) · lower
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **10–4** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **21–19** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute — **9–6** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **21–18** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **77–19** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **2–96** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michael B. Feggans — primary (person)
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- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
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- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
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- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
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- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
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- Wren M. Williams — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-30** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104587D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-12-30** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-15** Assigned HCL sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-01-22** Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB67)
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- **2026-01-27** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2026-01-27** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-28** Read third time and passed House (85-Y 12-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-01-29** Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-23** Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Committee substitute printed 26108322D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB67)
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- **2026-03-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-09** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-09** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-10** Commerce and Labor Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-11** Senate substitute rejected by House (2-Y 96-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-12** Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-12** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-12** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Feggans, Anthony, Webert
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Carroll Foy, Surovell, DeSteph
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- **2026-03-13** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-13** Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (77-Y 19-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB67ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-01** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB67)
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- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 361 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0361)
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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/26be4e7a-7c52-4027-a70e-a8ce7fe37625`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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