Energy, Department of; building standards for certain local buildings.
Summary
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.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Mar 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2024
Signed into Law
Apr 2024
Introduced Jan 9, 2024
Signed Apr 8, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Jan 31, 2024 · House of Delegates Mar 1, 2024
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Jan 31, 2024
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
50
Key actions
18
Committee
12
Amendments
5
Apr 8, 2024
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (effective 7/1/24)
executive
Mar 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 8, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 8, 2024
Upper · Passed
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB245ER)
upper
Mar 4, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)
lower
Mar 1, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed House with substitute (52-Y 45-N)
lower
Feb 27, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from General Laws with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 21, 2024
Committee
Assigned GL sub: Housing/Consumer Protection
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Feb 20, 2024
Committee
Referred from Labor and Commerce
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
lower
Feb 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 19-N)
upper
Feb 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB245E
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
Finance and Appropriation Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Upper · Passed
General Laws and Technology Committee amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 1, 2024
Introduced
Reading of amendments waived
upper
Jan 31, 2024
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (40-0)
senate
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (10-Y 5-N)
upper
Jan 30, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
upper
Jan 17, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 9, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jeremy McPike
DDemocratic
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