republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1982.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nutrient credits; use by facility with certain stormwater discharge permit."
description: "Nutrient credits; use by facility with certainstormwater discharge permit. Authorizes a facility that has beenissued a Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES)permit regulating stormwater discharges to acquire, use, and transfernutrient credits for compliance with any waste load allocation establishedas an effluent limitation in its VPDES permit so long as the creditsmeet several requirements. Current law allows only a facility registeredunder the Industrial Stormwater General Permit to use nutrient creditsfor such purpose."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1982"
citation: "Virginia HB 1982 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0319ac5c-c456-4216-8d37-48f5187ae791"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1982"
source_hash: "886edaa8a243a3e860f83ea0991b34e67dca75d5159033f4af48e308676cd6ea"
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 1982 (2021) — Nutrient credits; use by facility with certain stormwater discharge permit.

Nutrient credits; use by facility with certainstormwater discharge permit. Authorizes a facility that has beenissued a Virginia Pollution Discharge Elimination System (VPDES)permit regulating stormwater discharges to acquire, use, and transfernutrient credits for compliance with any waste load allocation establishedas an effluent limitation in its VPDES permit so long as the creditsmeet several requirements. Current law allows only a facility registeredunder the Industrial Stormwater General Permit to use nutrient creditsfor such purpose.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0360)
2. **HB1982ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1982ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102682D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1982)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21102682D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1982E)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
- Lynwood W. Lewis, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102682D `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-01-22** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-01-22** Engrossed by House as amended HB1982E
- **2021-01-22** Printed as engrossed 21102682D-E
- **2021-01-25** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1982E)
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-19** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled
- **2021-02-24** Signed by President
- **2021-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB1982ER)
- **2021-02-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- **2021-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 360 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0319ac5c-c456-4216-8d37-48f5187ae791`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).