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type: "Bill"
title: "Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence."
description: "Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting. Requires owners of waterworks to report any critical equipment failure or malfunction or contaminant release to the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water as soon as practicable but no more than two hours after discovery. The bill also requires owners of waterworks that are required to submit a monthly operating report to the Office to include any noncritical equipment failure or malfunction that could adversely affect water quality, public health, or service continuity in such report. This bill incorporates HB 2407 and is identical to SB 1408."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2749"
citation: "Virginia HB 2749 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Destiny LeVere Bolling"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 60
vote_count: 15
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef5f662b-1e7b-48dd-a6de-ec168e427181"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2749"
source_hash: "6e537ac06a4668f96a08e5a322ba971b55fc68685bd4807dd74fc1ad287a9575"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2749 (2025) — Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence.
Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting. Requires owners of waterworks to report any critical equipment failure or malfunction or contaminant release to the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water as soon as practicable but no more than two hours after discovery. The bill also requires owners of waterworks that are required to submit a monthly operating report to the Office to include any noncritical equipment failure or malfunction that could adversely affect water quality, public health, or service continuity in such report. This bill incorporates HB 2407 and is identical to SB 1408.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1022531.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079215.PDF)
3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066464.HTML)
4. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1052218.PDF)
5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074792.HTML)
6. **HHS Sub: Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1031386.PDF)
7. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034880.PDF)
8. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074966.PDF)
9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068916.PDF)
## Votes
- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **990** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) — **940** (pass) · lower
- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **210** (pass) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N) — **097** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — primary (person)
- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-17** Presented and ordered printed 25105319D `introduction`
- **2025-01-17** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2749)
- **2025-01-24** Assigned sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Committee substitute printed 25106219D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-30** Incorporates HB2407(Scott, P.A.)
- **2025-01-31** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2749)
- **2025-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13** Committee substitute printed 25107310D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2749)
- **2025-02-17** Rules suspended
- **2025-02-17** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading)
- **2025-02-17** Passed by for the day
- **2025-02-18** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-02-18** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-18** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-18** Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-19** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N)
- **2025-02-20** Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-02-20** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20** House acceded to request
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2025-02-20** Senators: Favola, Reeves, Boysko
- **2025-02-20** Conferees appointed by House
- **2025-02-20** Delegates: LeVere Bolling, Henson, Scott, P.A.
- **2025-02-21** Amended by conference committee
- **2025-02-21** Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2749)
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled bill reprinted 25107310D `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-03-07** Enrolled bill reprinted 25107310D `enrolled`
- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2749ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 672 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0672)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ef5f662b-1e7b-48dd-a6de-ec168e427181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).