republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2019/hb-1822.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund; grant for wastewater conveyance facility, etc."
description: "Authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to authorize grants from the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund (the Fund) for the installation of certain wastewater conveyance infrastructure. Any such infrastructure shall (i) divert wastewater from one publicly owned treatment works that is eligible for grant funding to another such eligible treatment works; (ii) divert wastewater to a receiving treatment works that is capable of achieving compliance with its nutrient reduction or ammonia control discharge requirements and that results in a net reduction in total phosphorus, total nitrogen, or nitrogen-containing ammonia discharges; and (iii) result in no more expense to the Fund than would otherwise be incurred to install eligible nutrient removal technology or other treatment technology at the treatment works from which the wastewater will be diverted."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 1822"
citation: "Virginia HB 1822 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conservation", "Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports", "Waters of the State", "Ports and Harbors"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-01"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97f56889-c431-4779-a061-2002d0762e47"
source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB1822"
source_hash: "7573f29a9bcc80ee36b43fb1ce098c9cfcd3b18a27f0bf4e6ea3f78c6f960906"
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 1822 (2019) — Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund; grant for wastewater conveyance facility, etc.

Authorizes the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) to authorize grants from the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund (the Fund) for the installation of certain wastewater conveyance infrastructure. Any such infrastructure shall (i) divert wastewater from one publicly owned treatment works that is eligible for grant funding to another such eligible treatment works; (ii) divert wastewater to a receiving treatment works that is capable of achieving compliance with its nutrient reduction or ammonia control discharge requirements and that results in a net reduction in total phosphorus, total nitrogen, or nitrogen-containing ammonia discharges; and (iii) result in no more expense to the Fund than would otherwise be incurred to install eligible nutrient removal technology or other treatment technology at the treatment works from which the wastewater will be diverted.

## Version chain

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

1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0533)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0533)
2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB1822AH)
3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB1822)
4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1822ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1822ER)
5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103598D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1822)
6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19103598D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB1822E)

## Votes

- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Cheryl B. Turpin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-01** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103598D `introduction`
- **2019-01-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2019-01-16** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2019-02-04** Engrossed by House as amended HB1822E
- **2019-02-04** Printed as engrossed 19103598D-E
- **2019-02-05** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Enrolled
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- **2019-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 533 (effective 7/1/19) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97f56889-c431-4779-a061-2002d0762e47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).