Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distributing of sewage sludge.
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact § 62.1-44.19:3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distribution of sewage sludge; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; testing requirements.” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distribution of sewage sludge; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; testing requirements. Directs any owner of a sewage treatment works land applying, marketing, or distributing sewage sludge in the Commonwealth, beginning January 1, 2027, to collect representative samples of the sewage sludge intended to be land applied, marketed, or distributed and have such samples analyzed by an accredited laboratory for perfluoroalk
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Where it is
Introduced · Jan 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter 854 (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
2
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Richard H. StuartAlfonso H. Lopez
Recorded votes
House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-10 · P · Y 40
Passed House with substitute with amendments (86-Y 12-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-03-06 · P · Y 86, N 12, X 1
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-02-25 · P · Y 22
Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-17 · P · Y 27, N 13
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-13 · P · Y 35, X 5
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 3-N 2-A)Senate · 2026-02-12 · P · Y 10, A 2, N 3
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)Senate · 2026-02-10 · P · N 7, Y 8
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.
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