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| Bill | PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources. | Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Health; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Council established; report. Requires, for every public water system, as defined in the bill, the Department of Health (VDH) to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by transferring to the Department quarterly all validated monitoring results available to VDH that indicate PFAS maximum containment level, as defined in the bill, exceedances. In such circumstances, the bill provides that the Department is required to develop and implement a plan to prioritize and conduct PFAS assessments for identifying significant sources of PFAS in such public water system's raw water source or sources. The bill requires any facility, if deemed by the Department to be a potentially significant source of PFAS in the public water system's raw water source, (i) to perform and promptly report the results of quarterly discharge monitoring for one year and (ii) to report to the Department, within 90 days after being directed by the Department, its manufacture or use of PFAS. The bill establishes a PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to assist the Department and VDH in its PFAS-related efforts and requires the Committee to meet at least two times per year through June 30, 2027. The bill requires the Department to annually report certain information to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1. This bill incorporates HB 245 and is identical to SB 243. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 1085 | Virginia HB 1085 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 1085 (2024) — PFAS Expert Advisory Committee; established, monitoring sources.
Department of Environmental Quality; Department of Health; PFAS; identification; monitoring; PFAS Expert Advisory Council established; report. Requires, for every public water system, as defined in the bill, the Department of Health (VDH) to assist the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) by transferring to the Department quarterly all validated monitoring results available to VDH that indicate PFAS maximum containment level, as defined in the bill, exceedances. In such circumstances, the bill provides that the Department is required to develop and implement a plan to prioritize and conduct PFAS assessments for identifying significant sources of PFAS in such public water system's raw water source or sources. The bill requires any facility, if deemed by the Department to be a potentially significant source of PFAS in the public water system's raw water source, (i) to perform and promptly report the results of quarterly discharge monitoring for one year and (ii) to report to the Department, within 90 days after being directed by the Department, its manufacture or use of PFAS. The bill establishes a PFAS Expert Advisory Committee to assist the Department and VDH in its PFAS-related efforts and requires the Committee to meet at least two times per year through June 30, 2027. The bill requires the Department to annually report certain information to the Governor and the General Assembly by October 1. This bill incorporates HB 245 and is identical to SB 243.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0316 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106713D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24106954D-H2 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1085ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105105D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
- Alex Q. Askew — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy S. McPike — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Katrina Callsen — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Michael B. Feggans — cosponsor (person)
- Michael J. Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105105D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2024-01-21 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (HB1085)
- 2024-01-23 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2024-01-29 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2024-01-29 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-01-31 Committee substitute printed 24106713D-H1
substitution - 2024-01-31 Incorporates HB245 (Bulova)
- 2024-01-31 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2024-01-31 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB1085H1)
- 2024-02-07 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-02-07 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24106954D-H2
substitution - 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources substitute rejected 24106713D-H1
- 2024-02-12 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 24106954D-H2
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1085H2
substitution - 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1085H2)
- 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2024-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-23 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-28 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1085ER)
passage - 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1085ER)
- 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-02 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 316 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0316)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b8fef22b-e646-4c3a-9cb9-b98833acf870. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).