republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-453.md

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Bill	Intentional discharge of untreated sewage onto land or into waters of the Commonwealth; penalty.	Intentional discharge of untreated sewage onto land or into waters of the Commonwealth; civil penalty. Establishes a maximum civil penalty of $50,000 per violation for any person found to have intentionally discharged untreated sewage onto land or into waters of the Commonwealth.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 453	Virginia SB 453 (2026)	bill		enacted	Richard H. Stuart	3	36	8	2026-01-13	2026-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/3acc274e-379a-4eaf-badd-f949da338950	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB453	1b1037dc851ae29db83eaf68d3cc7359b35158fc078f34b0c445be052b6bfac3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 453 (2026) — Intentional discharge of untreated sewage onto land or into waters of the Commonwealth; penalty.

Intentional discharge of untreated sewage onto land or into waters of the Commonwealth; civil penalty. Establishes a maximum civil penalty of $50,000 per violation for any person found to have intentionally discharged untreated sewage onto land or into waters of the Commonwealth.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Finance and Appropriations Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Reported from Appropriations — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100087D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/20/2026 1:50 pm)
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB453)
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage referral-committee
• 2026-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-11 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-12 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-12 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107803D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-13 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-13 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-13 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-13 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-13 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB453)
• 2026-02-18 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-18 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-18 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB453)
• 2026-02-26 Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-03-04 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-03-05 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-03-05 Passed House (95-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-11 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-11 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB453ER) passage
• 2026-03-11 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB453)
• 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
• 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 946 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3acc274e-379a-4eaf-badd-f949da338950. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).