---
type: "Bill"
title: "South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients."
description: "South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 963"
citation: "Virginia SB 963 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morrissey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e2987b9-4659-43e7-a366-0d043391cd50"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB963"
source_hash: "fda38c2afd5dae764100a8d98bab616c48f0d8e8f1f290098aa2e6206fbda3f3"
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 963 (2023) — South Central Wastewater Authority; watershed general permit for nutrients.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0178** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0178)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105670D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB963S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102843D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB963)
4. **SB963ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB963ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Morrissey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102843D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-31** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105670D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Impact statement from DPB (SB963)
- **2023-02-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB963S1)
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105670D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB963S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-03** Passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-15** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB963ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (SB963ER)
- **2023-02-15** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e2987b9-4659-43e7-a366-0d043391cd50`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).