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type: "Bill"
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title: "Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "SB 337"
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citation: "Virginia SB 337 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99943b9c-3ca2-4624-91dc-7648a3e326d7"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB337"
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source_hash: "d3f9be1f9e62bd685b849f4178301ac448cf52b7b10eef4cdf6bdcac88d9ef0d"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 337 (2024) — Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; continued withdrawal permit for residential well.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **CHAP0768** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0768)
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2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101713D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB337)
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3. **SB337ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB337ER)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) — **17–5** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (71-Y 26-N) — **70–26** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101713D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-30** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-30** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (SB337)
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- **2024-02-06** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-08** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2024-02-09** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-02-09** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2024-02-09** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage`
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- **2024-02-15** Placed on Calendar
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- **2024-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-02-15** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2024-02-28** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (17-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-03-04** Passed House (71-Y 26-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-04** VOTE: Passage (71-Y 26-N) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB337ER) `passage`
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- **2024-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB337ER)
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- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 768 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0768)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99943b9c-3ca2-4624-91dc-7648a3e326d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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