---
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: "HB 1839"
citation: "Virginia HB 1839 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/40693d68-b734-4d36-95d2-af6b0c3911e4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1839"
source_hash: "6115e06f4bb75c9a24c3382fbbccb00c83851d9e47de81606c7c3f52988d3b57"
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 1839 (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. **CHAP0177** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0177)
2. **HB1839ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1839ER)
3. **HB1839H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1839H1)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102304D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1839)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102304D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23104753D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Substitute bill reprinted 23104753D-H1
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23104753D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1839H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB1839H1)
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1839ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1839ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 177 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0177)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/40693d68-b734-4d36-95d2-af6b0c3911e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).