HB 496 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 SB 553.

• Elizabeth R. Guzman Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102411D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
3. Jan 20, 2026 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 · lower
4. Jan 23, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) · lower
5. Feb 6, 2026 Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) · lower
6. Feb 13, 2026 Reconsidered by Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
7. Feb 13, 2026 House committee offered · lower
8. Feb 13, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 1-N) · lower
9. Feb 13, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107395D-H1 · lower
10. Feb 15, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · lower
12. Feb 16, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
13. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
14. Feb 17, 2026 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N 0-A) · lower
15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Local Government · upper
17. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Local Government with substitute (11-Y 4-N) · upper
18. Mar 2, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26109002D-S1 · upper
19. Mar 3, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Mar 3, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Mar 3, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Mar 4, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Local Government Substitute agreed to · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
25. Mar 4, 2026 Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) · upper
26. Mar 6, 2026 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A) · lower
27. Mar 10, 2026 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
28. Mar 10, 2026 Senate requested conference committee · upper
29. Mar 11, 2026 House acceded to request · lower
30. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
31. Mar 12, 2026 Senate Conferees: Srinivasan, Marsden, Stuart · upper
32. Mar 12, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
33. Mar 12, 2026 House Conferees: Guzman, Lopez, Morefield · lower
34. Mar 14, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
35. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N 0-A) · lower
36. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) · upper
37. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · lower
38. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB496ER) · lower
39. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
40. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
41. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · lower
42. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
43. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 623 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
44. Apr 13, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Conference Report Substitute · PDF
• Conference Report Substitute · HTML
• Local Government Substitute · PDF
• Local Government Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML