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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public waterworks; appointments of receiver for waterworks."
+description: "Appointment of receiver for waterworks; public waterworks. Allows the Commissioner of Health to petition the circuit court for the jurisdiction in which any public or private waterworks is located for the appointment of a receiver for such waterworks. Currently such appointment of receivership is only for private waterworks."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 683"
+citation: "Virginia SB 683 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-04-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2875f65b-972a-4f44-a1c0-e06c44549bee"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB683"
+source_hash: "d2bd355243dc7c3e333ae8a061a7853f53da643fded0567b49497e983bf9f9d2"
+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 SB 683 (2026) — Public waterworks; appointments of receiver for waterworks.
+
+Appointment of receiver for waterworks; public waterworks. Allows the Commissioner of Health to petition the circuit court for the jurisdiction in which any public or private waterworks is located for the appointment of a receiver for such waterworks. Currently such appointment of receivership is only for private waterworks.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1091942.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1218270.PDF)
+3. **Education and Health Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1104976.HTML)
+4. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1105628.PDF)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1196061.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Education and Health with amendment — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Health and Human Services — **19–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passage R — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–4** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **97–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101820D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-26** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB683)
+- **2026-01-27** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** Senate subcommittee offered
+- **2026-01-29** Senate committee offered
+- **2026-01-29** Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-30** Rules suspended
+- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-01-30** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-02** Committee amendment agreed to (Voice Vote) `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-04** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB683)
+- **2026-02-09** Placed on Calendar
+- **2026-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-09** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-17** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-24** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 4-N)
+- **2026-02-26** Reported from Health and Human Services (19-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-02** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-03** Passed House (97-Y 1-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-09** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB683ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB683)
+- **2026-03-09** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 517 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0517)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2875f65b-972a-4f44-a1c0-e06c44549bee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+