Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
7.0 KiB
type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
| type | title | description | jurisdiction | legislature | session | identifier | citation | classification | subjects | status | primary_sponsors | version_count | action_count | vote_count | first_action | last_action | source | source_identifier | source_url | source_hash | vintage | source_snapshot | retrieved_at | confidence | tags | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | Sewage sludge; land application, permit exemptions, sunset. | Land application of sewage sludge; permit exemptions; sunset. Exempts from permitting requirements for land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge any land application for a research project when such land is owned and operated by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the institution of higher education to notify the Department of Environmental Quality and the owner of every adjoining property of its intent to land apply such sewage sludge at least 30 days prior to commencing any land application of sewage sludge. The bill also requires the institution of higher education to comply with setback and recordkeeping requirements outlined in the Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit Regulation. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2517 | Virginia HB 2517 (2025) |
|
enacted |
|
6 | 34 | 7 | 2025-01-08 | 2025-03-21 | openstates | ocd-bill/99e4de87-05b4-44be-a681-3e532bc74ee4 | https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2517 | 3efb61417b8d89a96264a772910b8bb68a69c4b72d2469bb22c7d1724d98d660 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
|
Virginia HB 2517 (2025) — Sewage sludge; land application, permit exemptions, sunset.
Land application of sewage sludge; permit exemptions; sunset. Exempts from permitting requirements for land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge any land application for a research project when such land is owned and operated by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the institution of higher education to notify the Department of Environmental Quality and the owner of every adjoining property of its intent to land apply such sewage sludge at least 30 days prior to commencing any land application of sewage sludge. The bill also requires the institution of higher education to comply with setback and recordkeeping requirements outlined in the Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit Regulation. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) — 82–17 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N) — 94–3 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102662D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2517)
- 2025-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
referral-committee - 2025-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2025-01-29 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-29 Committee substitute printed 25106197D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-30 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2517)
- 2025-01-31 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-02-03 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-02-03 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- 2025-02-03 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-14 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-14 Reading of amendments waived
- 2025-02-14 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-14 Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Senate Amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-20 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2517ER)
passage - 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2517)
- 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-21 Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive-signature - 2025-03-21 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/99e4de87-05b4-44be-a681-3e532bc74ee4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).