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Bill Child day programs; lead testing, potable water. Child day programs; potable water; lead testing.Requires licensed child day programs and certain other programs thatserve preschool-age children to develop and implement a plan to testpotable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency as high priority. The bill requires such plan and the resultsof each such test to be submitted to and reviewed by the Commissionerof Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of DrinkingWater. The bill stipulates that if the result of any such test indicatesa level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 15 partsper billion, the program shall remediate the level of lead in thepotable water to below 15 parts per billion, confirm such remediationby retesting the water, and submit the results of the retests tothe Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health'sOffice of Drinking Water for review. The bill also provides suchprograms the option of using bottled water in lieu of testing or remediation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 799 Virginia HB 799 (2020)
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Virginia HB 799 (2020) — Child day programs; lead testing, potable water.

Child day programs; potable water; lead testing.Requires licensed child day programs and certain other programs thatserve preschool-age children to develop and implement a plan to testpotable water from sources identified by the U.S. Environmental ProtectionAgency as high priority. The bill requires such plan and the resultsof each such test to be submitted to and reviewed by the Commissionerof Social Services and the Department of Health's Office of DrinkingWater. The bill stipulates that if the result of any such test indicatesa level of lead in the potable water that is at or above 15 partsper billion, the program shall remediate the level of lead in thepotable water to below 15 parts per billion, confirm such remediationby retesting the water, and submit the results of the retests tothe Commissioner of Social Services and the Department of Health'sOffice of Drinking Water for review. The bill also provides suchprograms the option of using bottled water in lieu of testing or remediation. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1084) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB799ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Impact statement from DPB (HB799) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Rereferred from Education and Health (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N) — 950 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N) — 099 (fail) · lower
  • Referred from Education — 00 (fail) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Alex Q. Askew — primary (person)
  • Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101841D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Education referral-committee
  • 2020-01-15 Referred from Education
  • 2020-01-15 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Social Services referral-committee
  • 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2020-01-24 Impact statement from DPB (HB799)
  • 2020-01-28 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-01-28 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-05 Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-10 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-20 Rereferred from Education and Health (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-20 Rereferred to Rehabilitation and Social Services referral-committee
  • 2020-02-21 Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-24 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-02-25 Reading of amendment waived
  • 2020-02-25 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-02-25 Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 2020-02-25 Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-02-27 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-27 Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 100-N)
  • 2020-02-27 VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 100-N)
  • 2020-03-02 Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-02 Senate requested conference committee
  • 2020-03-03 House acceded to request
  • 2020-03-03 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2020-03-04 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2020-03-07 Amended by conference committee
  • 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-07 VOTE: Adoption (96-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-18 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-18 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB799ER)
  • 2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
  • 2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1084 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a705424e-62ca-4759-878c-30d3cd1d8333. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).