republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-337.md

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Bill	Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well.	Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;continued residential withdrawals. Directs the State Water ControlBoard to waive the expiration of any ground water withdrawal permitfor a well that serves exclusively residential users, is locatedin the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area north of theOccoquan River, and is located within five miles of any commercialor industrial permitted ground water withdrawal. The bill providesthat such waiver shall continue in force until the commercial orindustrial permitted ground water withdrawals have been halted forfive years. The Department of Environmental Quality shall then assesswhether the termination of the commercial or industrial permittedground water withdrawals has substantially mitigated the stress uponthe aquifer and redetermine whether the permit for the residentialwell shall be renewed.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 337	Virginia SB 337 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	30	9	2024-01-09	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/99943b9c-3ca2-4624-91dc-7648a3e326d7	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB337	d3f9be1f9e62bd685b849f4178301ac448cf52b7b10eef4cdf6bdcac88d9ef0d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 337 (2024) — Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well.

Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area;continued residential withdrawals. Directs the State Water ControlBoard to waive the expiration of any ground water withdrawal permitfor a well that serves exclusively residential users, is locatedin the Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area north of theOccoquan River, and is located within five miles of any commercialor industrial permitted ground water withdrawal. The bill providesthat such waiver shall continue in force until the commercial orindustrial permitted ground water withdrawals have been halted forfive years. The Department of Environmental Quality shall then assesswhether the termination of the commercial or industrial permittedground water withdrawals has substantially mitigated the stress uponthe aquifer and redetermine whether the permit for the residentialwell shall be renewed.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0768 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101713D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB337ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (71-Y 26-N) — 70–26 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101713D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-30 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB337)
• 2024-02-06 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-08 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-09 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
• 2024-02-09 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) 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
• 2024-02-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed House (71-Y 26-N) passage
• 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (71-Y 26-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB337ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Impact statement from DPB (SB337ER)
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 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
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 768 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99943b9c-3ca2-4624-91dc-7648a3e326d7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).