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Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations to utilize point-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtration systems to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and other established and emerging contaminants of concern that meet or exceed maximum contaminant levels or health advisory levels for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or, in the in the absence of an EPA health advisory for such contaminant, a contaminant level determined by the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill also establishes the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Program Fund to allow the Department to test and treat contaminated drinking water through grants for the use of eligible treatment or filtration systems in private residential wells. This bill is a recommendation of the State Water Commission.
Introduced
Jan 12, 2026
Last Action
Feb 18, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 3 co
Left in Committee Appropriations
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB348)
Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
House subcommittee offered
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102323D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Left in Committee Appropriations
Ellen H. McLaughlin
Nadarius E. Clark
Chris S. Runion
Rodney T. Willett