Bill Sponsor
Virginia House Bill 2050
Session 2025
Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Apr 2, 2025
First Action
Jan 7, 2025
Latest Action
Apr 2, 2025
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2050
State
Virginia
Session
2025
Sponsorship by Party
House Votes (5)
Senate Votes (5)
Motion Text
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
House Roll Call Votes
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
Didn't Vote
Summary
An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding in Article 13 of Chapter 3.1 of Title 62.1 a section numbered 62.1-44.34:34, relating to drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA. The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department of Environmental Quality no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. The bill requires by July 1, 2027, for any facility that measures exceedances in its discharge of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025, the Department, for an individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the facility discharges directly to surface waters, or a major publicly owned treatment works, for an indirect discharger, to modify the applicable discharge permit to require that the facility's discharge not exceed that MCL. The bill requires the modified permit to provide a compliance schedule that requires compliance with such level as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 2029. The bill exempts from its provisions any industrial discharger not listed in the bill, any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant, or a municipal solid waste facility but provides that any public water system may follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with the MCL for PFAS in finished water. The bill clarifies that its provisions will not limit the authority of the Department or the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to which any user discharges wastewater to require monitoring or reporting or otherwise regulate the discharge of any PFAS chemicals or other pollutants under other applicable legal authority.
04/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)
04/02/2025
House
Enacted, Chapter 650 (Effective 07/01/25)
04/02/2025
Senate
Signed by President as reenrolled
04/02/2025
House
Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
04/02/2025
House
Reenrolled bill text (HB2050ER2)
04/02/2025
House
Reenrolled
04/02/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's recommendation adopted
04/02/2025
Senate
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
04/02/2025
House
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
03/24/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's recommendation received by House
03/11/2025
Office of the Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
03/11/2025
House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
03/10/2025
Senate
Signed by President
03/07/2025
House
Signed by Speaker
03/07/2025
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
03/07/2025
House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER)
03/07/2025
House
Enrolled
02/20/2025
House
Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
02/20/2025
Senate
Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
02/20/2025
Senate
Engrossed By Senate - Committee Substitute as amended
02/20/2025
Senate
Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Amendments agreed to
02/20/2025
Senate
Reading of amendment waived
02/20/2025
Senate
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
02/20/2025
Senate
Reading of substitute waived
02/20/2025
Senate
Read third time
02/19/2025
Senate
Passed by for the day
02/19/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
02/19/2025
Senate
Rules suspended
02/17/2025
Senate
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
02/13/2025
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
02/11/2025
Senate
Committee substitute printed 25107197D-S1
02/11/2025
Senate
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
02/05/2025
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
02/05/2025
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
02/04/2025
House
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
02/03/2025
House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
02/03/2025
House
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
02/03/2025
House
Read second time
02/03/2025
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
01/31/2025
House
Read first time
01/29/2025
House
Committee substitute printed 25106088D-H1
01/29/2025
House
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
01/27/2025
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
01/27/2025
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
01/14/2025
House
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
01/07/2025
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/07/2025
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102842D
Sources
Record Created
Jan 8, 2025 1:05:50 AM
Record Updated
Oct 13, 2025 2:43:15 PM