HB 472 VA

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Introduced

Establishing a resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. Directs the Department of Emergency Management to establish a two-year resilience hub pilot program to assist vulnerable communities during emergency situations. The bill defines a "resilience hub" as a simple combination of solar panels and batteries that ensures continuous power to a publicly accessible building when severe weather events or other grid disruptions cause an electrical outage.

• Michael B. Feggans Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105200D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Public Safety · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HMPPS sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 22, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB472) · lower
5. Jan 29, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Jan 29, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Jan 30, 2026 Reported from Public Safety with substitute and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Jan 30, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106479D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB472) · lower
10. Feb 18, 2026 Left in Committee Appropriations · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Public Safety Substitute · PDF
• Public Safety Substitute · HTML
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML