---
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).