republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-220.md

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Bill	Water facilities; staffing of licensed operators.	Water facilities; staffing; licensed operators. Requires sewage treatment works, classified waterworks, and classified water treatment facilities to employ a licensed operator. The bill establishes a protocol for responding to an unexpected vacancy of the licensed operator position. The bill also permits remote monitoring of the facility by the licensed operator upon a demonstration of sufficient technology for the remote operator to adequately monitor the waterworks or treatment facility and manage onsite operators.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 220	Virginia HB 220 (2024)	bill		enacted	Robert D. Orrock, Sr.	4	29	6	2024-01-04	2024-03-28	openstates	ocd-bill/d69a5cfa-5beb-4c1e-9a71-3a683c9032f2	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB220	246668b73131325be258cf1e2a86d55fbacc2cf363c53a4d2fbfdff9882a28af	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 220 (2024) — Water facilities; staffing of licensed operators.

Water facilities; staffing; licensed operators. Requires sewage treatment works, classified waterworks, and classified water treatment facilities to employ a licensed operator. The bill establishes a protocol for responding to an unexpected vacancy of the licensed operator position. The bill also permits remote monitoring of the facility by the licensed operator upon a demonstration of sufficient technology for the remote operator to adequately monitor the waterworks or treatment facility and manage onsite operators.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0178 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 24105932D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB220ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102899D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Robert D. Orrock, Sr. — primary (person)
• Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102899D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
• 2024-01-22 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2024-01-24 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-24 Committee substitute printed 24105932D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 24105932D-H1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB220H1 substitution
• 2024-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB220H1)
• 2024-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-30 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-19 Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-20 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-26 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB220ER) passage
• 2024-02-26 Impact statement from DPB (HB220ER)
• 2024-02-26 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 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
• 2024-03-28 Approved by Governor-Chapter 178 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-28 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0178)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d69a5cfa-5beb-4c1e-9a71-3a683c9032f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).