republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-985.md

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Bill	High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; prohibits pavement sealants that contain, civil penalty.	High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pavementsealants; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the sale or distribution of any pavement sealant that contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations greater than one percent by weight onor after July 1, 2024, except that a retailer may continue to sellany existing inventory that remains in stock on that date. The billalso prohibits the application or use of such sealants on or afterJuly 1, 2025. Any person who violates either prohibition is subjectto a civil penalty of $250, to be paid into the Virginia EnvironmentalEmergency Response Fund.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 985	Virginia HB 985 (2024)	bill		enacted	Kathy K.L. Tran	3	27	6	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e0bb392b-7e2a-481a-8ced-1a6bf6108d9e	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB985	68a6dfe86f64c9ab9d6b8491429e4fb8275d241be663c313990bd1cb3fc6a1c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 985 (2024) — High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; prohibits pavement sealants that contain, civil penalty.

High polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pavementsealants; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the sale or distribution of any pavement sealant that contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon concentrations greater than one percent by weight onor after July 1, 2024, except that a retailer may continue to sellany existing inventory that remains in stock on that date. The billalso prohibits the application or use of such sealants on or afterJuly 1, 2025. Any person who violates either prohibition is subjectto a civil penalty of $250, to be paid into the Virginia EnvironmentalEmergency Response Fund.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0736 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB985ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100710D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N) — 77–21 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) — 10–4 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) — 23–14 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kathy K.L. Tran — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100710D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-09 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (78-Y 21-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (78-Y 21-N) passage
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-15 Impact statement from DPB (HB985)
• 2024-02-27 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed by for the day
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) passage
• 2024-03-08 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-08 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB985ER) passage
• 2024-03-08 Impact statement from DPB (HB985ER)
• 2024-03-08 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-09 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 736 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0736)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e0bb392b-7e2a-481a-8ced-1a6bf6108d9e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).