Loading
Loading
Your feedback directly shapes Sporos.
Sign in to track your feedback history
Local authority to test and monitor the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries. Allows a locality to provide for testing and monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as defined in relevant law, of the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries using an applicable test method established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill prohibits any expenses from such testing and monitoring from being eligible for reimbursement from the Sludge Management Fund.
Introduced
Jan 14, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Read first time
Committee substitute printed 26107750D-H1
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
House committee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102768D
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A)
Amy J. Laufer
Shelly A. Simonds