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Bill	Health, State Board of; permanent pump and haul of sewage, agritourism	State Board of Health; permanent pump and haul of sewage; agritourism. Requires the State Board of Health to amend regulations to exempt in Planning District 23 the pumping and hauling of sewage associated with an agritourism activity from the prohibition on pumping and hauling sewage on a permanent basis unless done under the auspices and supervision of a government entity when the agritourism activity is unable to establish and maintain a connection to an existing sewer or onsite sewage system.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 728	Virginia HB 728 (2026)	bill		enacted	James A. "Jay" Leftwich	7	37	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/56b0892f-18fc-4b48-a1c3-479588dbfc93	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB728	ddc2987509efbbf81ee5371116b26d97d9c8776ca246163c04bf4c35a7f6110a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 728 (2026) — Health, State Board of; permanent pump and haul of sewage, agritourism

State Board of Health; permanent pump and haul of sewage; agritourism. Requires the State Board of Health to amend regulations to exempt in Planning District 23 the pumping and hauling of sewage associated with an agritourism activity from the prohibition on pumping and hauling sewage on a permanent basis unless done under the auspices and supervision of a government entity when the agritourism activity is unable to establish and maintain a connection to an existing sewer or onsite sewage system.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Education and Health Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Health Subcommittee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
6. Health and Human Services Amendment (committee substitute) — source
7. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health with substitute — 14–1 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 95–1 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 82–13 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) — 19–2 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 33–7 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• Reconsider R — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James A. "Jay" Leftwich — primary (person)
• Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102304D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2026-01-21 Assigned sub: Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB728)
• 2026-02-10 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 1-N 1-A)
• 2026-02-12 Reported from Health and Human Services with amendment(s) (19-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-15 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-16 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House as amended
• 2026-02-17 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 14-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB728)
• 2026-02-26 Senate committee offered
• 2026-02-26 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (14-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-27 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Committee substitute printed 26108683D-S1 substitution
• 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-02 Education and Health Substitute agreed to
• 2026-03-02 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (33-Y 7-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB728)
• 2026-03-02 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-03-02 Passed Senate with substitute (30-Y 9-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 1-N 0-A) substitution
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB728ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB728)
• 2026-03-11 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-12 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-14 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-14 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 212 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0212)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/56b0892f-18fc-4b48-a1c3-479588dbfc93. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).