---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units."
description: "Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units. Requires the Department of Health to approve treatment units for alternative onsite sewage systems if they meet certain NSF/ANSI standards or certain testing requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1431"
citation: "Virginia HB 1431 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["M. Keith Hodges"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-18"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5483d848-e07a-437d-87cc-0690c11e6111"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1431"
source_hash: "1d5055fe70399dc09517861710f793c891adb6a830b80aba25dd18775bb8c92b"
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 1431 (2024) — Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units.

Alternative onsite sewage systems; approval of treatment units. Requires the Department of Health to approve treatment units for alternative onsite sewage systems if they meet certain NSF/ANSI standards or certain testing requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0419** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0419)
2. **Committee substitute printed 24106335D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1431H1)
3. **HB1431ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1431ER)
4. **Presented and ordered printed 24104059D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1431)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- M. Keith Hodges — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-18** Presented and ordered printed 24104059D `introduction`
- **2024-01-18** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1431)
- **2024-01-23** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2024-02-06** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-08** Committee substitute printed 24106335D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB1431H1)
- **2024-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-12** Committee substitute agreed to 24106335D-H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-12** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1431H1 `substitution`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-19** Assigned Education and Health Sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-29** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1431ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1431ER)
- **2024-02-29** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-03** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 419 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0419)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5483d848-e07a-437d-87cc-0690c11e6111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).