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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity."
description: "Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 999"
citation: "Virginia SB 999 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mason"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-06"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/131e206a-8ef0-4eb5-89ee-cf8d29f45ed9"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB999"
source_hash: "22f565d63de35d51fa9e0fe4cf977f53d649f7d091cebe0219954be94937a846"
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 SB 999 (2023) — Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0633** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0633)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105284D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB999S1)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102292D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB999)
4. **SB999ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB999ER)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Mason — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102292D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB999)
- **2023-01-24** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24** Committee substitute printed 23105284D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 23105284D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB999S1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (SB999S1)
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-09** Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended
- **2023-02-14** Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-16** House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB999ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB999ER)
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 633 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0633)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/131e206a-8ef0-4eb5-89ee-cf8d29f45ed9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).