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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 SB 462 and is identical to HB 1085. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | SB 243 | Virginia SB 243 (2024) |
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Virginia SB 243 (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 SB 462 and is identical to HB 1085.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0343 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107132D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104761D (committee substitute) — source
- SB243ER (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Jeremy S. McPike — primary (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104761D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB243)
- 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-06 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24107132D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-06 Incorporates SB462 (Marsden)
- 2024-02-06 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2024-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (SB243S1)
- 2024-02-12 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-13 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-13 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-02-13 Committee substitute agreed to 24107132D-S1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB243S1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-13 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
- 2024-02-15 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2024-02-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2024-02-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2024-02-21 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-26 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-02-26 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-02-29 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB243ER)
passage - 2024-02-29 Impact statement from DPB (SB243ER)
- 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-03 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
enrolled - 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 343 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0343)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/6beff1b2-40da-416d-9347-c5a147c92bcd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).