SB 553 VA

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Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 496.

• Kannan Srinivasan Democratic · primary

1. Jan 14, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104013D · upper
2. Jan 14, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
3. Feb 3, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage · upper
4. Feb 3, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
5. Feb 3, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (9-Y 4-N 1-A) · upper
6. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106999D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
8. Feb 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
9. Feb 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
10. Feb 6, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Feb 6, 2026 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to · upper
12. Feb 6, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Feb 9, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 12, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
17. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N 1-A) · lower
18. Feb 25, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108661D-H1 · lower
19. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
20. Mar 2, 2026 Read third time · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
23. Mar 2, 2026 Passed House with substitute (81-Y 18-N 0-A) · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) · upper
25. Mar 5, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
26. Mar 5, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
27. Mar 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553) · upper
28. Mar 9, 2026 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
29. Mar 9, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
30. Mar 9, 2026 Senate Conferees: Marsden, Srinivasan, Stuart · upper
31. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
32. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Guzman, Lopez, Morefield · lower
33. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
34. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N 0-A) · upper
35. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (74-Y 22-N 0-A) · lower
36. Mar 18, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553) · upper
37. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
38. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB553ER) · upper
39. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553) · upper
41. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
42. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
43. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
44. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 896 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive

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.

• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML