SB777
Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force; established, definitions, report.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Mamie Locke (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Department of Housing and Community Development; Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force established; report.
Directs the Department of Housing and Community Development to establish, in collaboration with the Department of Energy, and with assistance from the Department of Social Services, the Income-Qualified Energy Efficiency and Weatherization Task Force to determine barriers to access and enrollment in the current energy efficiency programs for income-qualified energy ... (More) customers and to evaluate and develop a plan to address any necessary improvements regarding coordination among state and federal government agencies for utility services and resources to more effectively deliver energy-efficient housing, weatherization resources, and energy efficiency upgrades for income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the Task Force to meet at least six times between July 1, 2025, and September 30, 2026, and to submit a report of its findings and recommendations no later than October 30, 2026. The bill specifies that such report shall include policy recommendations and a plan to ensure that weatherization-ready repairs and whole-home energy efficiency retrofits are provided to all eligible income-qualified individuals and households in the Commonwealth residing in multifamily buildings, single-family dwellings, and manufactured homes by December 31, 2033. (Less)-
Bill History
- 12/24/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103128D
- 12/24/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/15/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25104736D-S1
- 01/21/2025 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/22/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB777)
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/23/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Read second time
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: General Laws and Technology Substitute agreed to
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Finance and Appropriations Amendments agreed to
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute as amended
- 01/24/2025 - Senate: Printed as engrossed 25104736D-ES1
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB777)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/04/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/05/2025 - House: Placed on Labor and Commerce Agenda
- 02/06/2025 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with amendment(s) (17-Y 4-N)
- 02/10/2025 - House: Read second time
- 02/11/2025 - House: Read third time
- 02/11/2025 - House: Labor and Commerce Amendment agreed to
- 02/11/2025 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/11/2025 - House: Passed House with amendments (73-Y 21-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: House Amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB777ER)
- 02/18/2025 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB777)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/03/2025 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
- 03/03/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/25/2025 - Senate: Governor's Veto Received by Senate
- 03/25/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 04/02/2025 - Senate: Senate sustained Governor's veto
