republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-548.md

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Bill	Chesapeake, City of; local government authority to require analysis of water.	City of Chesapeake; local government authority to require analysis of water. Adds the City of Chesapeake to the list of localities that may establish reasonable testing requirements to determine compliance with existing federal or state drinking water quality standards and require that such testing be done prior to the issuance of building permits. This bill is identical to SB 53.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 548	Virginia HB 548 (2022)	bill		enacted	C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.	3	21	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/8f3862f0-55b5-4abd-afc7-655bd2adca9c	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB548	57aad0909bd5945879c73f68e67dfd1ae076ba4c3c735248bb6cc3f6c396aeea	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 548 (2022) — Chesapeake, City of; local government authority to require analysis of water.

City of Chesapeake; local government authority to require analysis of water. Adds the City of Chesapeake to the list of localities that may establish reasonable testing requirements to determine compliance with existing federal or state drinking water quality standards and require that such testing be done prior to the issuance of building permits. This bill is identical to SB 53.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0225 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB548ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101490D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr. — primary (person)
• Lionell Spruill, Sr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101490D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2022-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-11 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-14 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-15 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-16 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-16 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2022-02-21 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-02-23 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-02-25 Enrolled
• 2022-02-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-02-25 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2022
• 2022-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 225 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8f3862f0-55b5-4abd-afc7-655bd2adca9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).