HB 938 VA

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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 such POTW may discontinue remaining quarterly monitoring by an industrial user with proper monitoring results that are below the method detection level for the first two quarters. If an industrial user detects PFAS in any amount above the detection method limit in its initial year of quarterly monitoring, the bill requires such industrial user to continue to perform and report to the POTW no later than 30 days after receipt from the laboratory the results as received of quarterly discharge monitoring for PFAS. The bill requires a POTW that receives PFAS monitoring results to report such results to the Department of Environmental Quality on a quarterly basis. Finally, the bill directs any POTW to notify an owner or operator of an industrial user subject to the monitoring requirements of the bill of the requirement to submit the initial quarterly monitoring results for PFAS within 30 days of the effective date of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 138.

• Nadarius E. Clark Democratic · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101863D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938) · lower
4. Jan 30, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake · lower
5. Feb 9, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Feb 9, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 11, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106589D-H1 · lower
8. Feb 11, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) · lower
9. Feb 11, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources · lower
10. Feb 13, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) · lower
11. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
12. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
14. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
15. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
16. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A) · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
18. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938) · lower
20. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
21. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
22. Mar 5, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
23. Mar 5, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 5, 2026 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) · upper
25. Mar 6, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
26. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · upper
27. Mar 9, 2026 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled · lower
29. Mar 14, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER) · lower
30. Mar 14, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
31. Mar 14, 2026 Signed by President · upper
32. Mar 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938) · lower
33. Mar 25, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 · lower
34. Mar 25, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
35. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 709 (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
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML