SB 138 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 HB 938.

• Jeremy S. McPike Democratic · primary

1. Jan 6, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102266D · upper
2. Jan 6, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
3. Jan 27, 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 and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107042D-S1 · upper
7. Feb 10, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB138) · upper
8. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) · upper
9. Feb 11, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 11, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 12, 2026 Read second time · upper
13. Feb 12, 2026 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to · upper
14. Feb 12, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
15. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
17. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
18. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
19. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
20. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) · lower
22. Mar 4, 2026 Read second time · lower
23. Mar 5, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Mar 5, 2026 Passed House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
25. Mar 11, 2026 Enrolled · upper
26. Mar 11, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB138ER) · upper
27. Mar 11, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB138) · upper
28. Mar 11, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 12, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
30. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
31. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
32. Apr 13, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (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, 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