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| Bill | Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers. | Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 496. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 553 | Virginia SB 553 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 553 (2026) — Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to HB 496.
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 Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 18–3 (pass) · lower
- Accede Conference Committee R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 74–22 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — 9–4 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 25–15 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 25–14 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 0–40 (fail) · upper
- H VOTE: — 81–18 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Kannan Srinivasan — primary (person)
- Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
- David W. Marsden — cosponsor (person)
- Richard H. Stuart — cosponsor (person)
- Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104013D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Senate committee offered
- 2026-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (9-Y 4-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106999D-S1
substitution - 2026-02-05 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-06 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-06 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- 2026-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
substitution - 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-12 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-25 Committee substitute printed 26108661D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-03-02 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-02 Passed House with substitute (81-Y 18-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-05 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2026-03-05 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553)
- 2026-03-09 Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-09 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-09 Senate Conferees: Marsden, Srinivasan, Stuart
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-12 House Conferees: Guzman, Lopez, Morefield
- 2026-03-14 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (74-Y 22-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-18 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553)
- 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB553ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553)
- 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 896 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b2ccafc-5f6e-40e0-9b85-1bec5341f3f6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).