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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Firefighting foam management; use of foam that contains PFAS chemicals."
+description: "Prohibits, beginning July 1, 2021, the use for training purposes or for testing, with some exceptions, of a class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals, as defined in the bill."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 2762"
+citation: "Virginia HB 2762 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Commonwealth Public Safety", "Fire Protection"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2019-01-17"
+last_action: "2019-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3326ccd7-ce46-4b28-8786-8d3f66f188d1"
+source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2762"
+source_hash: "dfc9adf323e9c550faebf8c85cc58b1c2efb798e15866dec6bb02cc91e73c88e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 2762 (2019) — Firefighting foam management; use of foam that contains PFAS chemicals.
+
+Prohibits, beginning July 1, 2021, the use for training purposes or for testing, with some exceptions, of a class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added PFAS chemicals, as defined in the bill.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0838)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0838)
+2. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2762)
+3. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2762ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2762ER)
+4. **House: Committee substitute printed 19105779D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2762H1)
+5. **House: Presented and ordered printed 19104452D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2762)
+6. **House: Reenrolled bill text (HB2762ER2)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2762ER2)
+
+## Votes
+
+- House concurred in Governor's recommendation — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from General Laws and Technology — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
+- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
+- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
+- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
+- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 19104452D `introduction`
+- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-21** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-01** Committee substitute agreed to 19105779D-H1
+- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2762H1
+- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
+- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2019-02-19** Enrolled
+- **2019-02-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-02-20** Signed by President
+- **2019-02-21** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
+- **2019-02-21** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
+- **2019-03-08** Governor's recommendation received by House
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on Calendar
+- **2019-04-03** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N)
+- **2019-04-03** Governor's recommendation adopted
+- **2019-04-03** Reenrolled
+- **2019-04-03** Reenrolled bill text (HB2762ER2)
+- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
+- **2019-04-03** Signed by President as reenrolled
+- **2019-04-03** Enacted, Chapter 838 (effective 7/1/19) `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3326ccd7-ce46-4b28-8786-8d3f66f188d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+