republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-898.md

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Bill	Combined sewer overflow outfalls; DEQ to identify owner of outfall discharging into Chesapeake Bay.	Directs DEQ to identify the owner of any combined sewer overflow outfall that discharges into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and to determine what actions by the owner, if it is not under a state order, are necessary to bring such an outfall into compliance with Virginia law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Presumption Approach described in the CSO Control Policy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill requires any owner of such an outfall to initiate construction activities by July 1, 2023, to bring it into compliance by July 1, 2025. Until compliance is achieved, the bill requires the outfall owner to annually report its progress to DEQ. The bill requires DEQ to provide all such reports to certain legislative committees, the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Secretary of Natural Resources, and the Governor. The bill does not apply to any outfall for which a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). This bill incorporates	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 898	Virginia SB 898 (2017)	bill	Conservation Waters of the State Ports and Harbors	enacted	Richard H. Stuart	8	44	15	2016-12-22	2017-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/9893cf51-8838-4477-92d9-ab3341bf7754	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB898	2f9ebc4228e9cfa1f5e5248976d409e669271dd83562332c7a572991a92a1e16	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 898 (2017) — Combined sewer overflow outfalls; DEQ to identify owner of outfall discharging into Chesapeake Bay.

Directs DEQ to identify the owner of any combined sewer overflow outfall that discharges into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and to determine what actions by the owner, if it is not under a state order, are necessary to bring such an outfall into compliance with Virginia law, the federal Clean Water Act, and the Presumption Approach described in the CSO Control Policy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill requires any owner of such an outfall to initiate construction activities by July 1, 2023, to bring it into compliance by July 1, 2025. Until compliance is achieved, the bill requires the outfall owner to annually report its progress to DEQ. The bill requires DEQ to provide all such reports to certain legislative committees, the Virginia delegation to the Chesapeake Bay Commission, the Secretary of Natural Resources, and the Governor. The bill does not apply to any outfall for which a higher level of control is necessary to comply with a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). This bill incorporates

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0827) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105511D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB898ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104109D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Conference substitute printed 17105887D-S4 (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate: Floor substitute printed 17104358D-S2 (Ebbin) (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Floor substitute printed 17104434D-S3 (Stuart) (committee substitute) — source
8. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100814D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Committee substitute reconsidered — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Motion to pass in enrolled form rejected — 23–16 (pass) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by House — 61–34 (pass) · legislature
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendations #1, #3 — 10–29 (fail) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 10–3 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #2 — 14–25 (fail) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate acceded to request — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation #4 — 15–24 (fail) · legislature
• Conference report agreed to by Senate — 32–7 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute rejected by Senate — 1–38 (fail) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Scott A. Surovell (incorporated chief co-patron) — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-22 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100814D introduction
• 2016-12-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-13 Incorporates SB818 (Surovell)
• 2017-01-17 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-17 Floor substitute printed 17104358D-S2 (Ebbin)
• 2017-01-17 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17104109D-S1
• 2017-01-17 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-18 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-19 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-19 Floor substitute printed 17104434D-S3 (Stuart)
• 2017-01-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-19 Committee substitute rejected 17104109D-S1
• 2017-01-19 Substitute by Senator Ebbin withdrawn 17104358D-S2
• 2017-01-19 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-19 Substitute by Senator Stuart agreed to 17104434D-S3
• 2017-01-19 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB898S3
• 2017-01-20 Passed by for the day
• 2017-01-30 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-01-30 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17105511D-H1
• 2017-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB898H1
• 2017-02-17 Passed House with substitute BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2017-02-22 House insisted on substitute
• 2017-02-22 House requested conference committee
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2017-02-23 Conferees appointed by House
• 2017-02-24 Amended by conference committee
• 2017-02-24 Conference substitute printed 17105887D-S4
• 2017-02-24 Conference report agreed to by House (61-Y 34-N)
• 2017-03-07 Enrolled
• 2017-03-07 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-10 Signed by President
• 2017-03-13 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 3/13/17
• 2017-03-13 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2017-04-05 Requires 27 affirmative votes to pass in enrolled form
• 2017-04-05 Communicated to Governor
• 2017-04-05 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, May 5, 2017
• 2017-04-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 827 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9893cf51-8838-4477-92d9-ab3341bf7754. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).