PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.34:32 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Department of Environmental Quality; industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works; PFAS monitoring.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Department of Environmental Quality; industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works; PFAS monitoring. Directs every publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to require certain new or industrial users of such POTW to perform and report to such POTW no later than 30 days after receipt from a laboratory the results as received of quarterly discharge monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for an initial characterization period of one year, provided, however, that suc
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 709 (latest official status)
Latest official status shown, exactly as the official record states it. The step by step history lives on the official page linked below.
The numbers
11
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Nadarius E. Clark Jessica L. AndersonBonita G. AnthonyJoshua G. ColeNicole ColeJackie H. GlassElizabeth R. GuzmanRozia A. Henson, Jr.Michelle Lopes MaldonadoIrene ShinRichard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-09 · P · Y 40
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-05 · P · Y 39, X 1
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-03-04 · P · Y 15
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)Senate · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 14, X 1
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 88, X 5, N 7
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 7
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-11 · P · Y 20, N 2
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-09 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Acts of Assembly Chapter 709.