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type: "Bill"
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title: "PFOA, PFOS, and PFAS; substances in public drinking water."
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description: "Commissioner of Health; study of the occurrence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorobutyrate (PFBA), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Commonwealth's public drinking water; report. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorobutyrate (PFBA), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as deemed necessary, in the Commonwealth's public drinking water and to develop recommendations for specific maximum contaminant levels for PFOA, PFOS, PFBA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, and other PFAS, as deemed necessary, for inclusion in regulations of the Board of Health applicable to waterworks."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 586"
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citation: "Virginia HB 586 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2020-01-06"
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last_action: "2020-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11640f4c-230b-4c32-9987-78291ff388a9"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB586"
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source_hash: "9422642178cb67d21f897df4c56beb028f1364ffefb11ce7b2c4fa86ba1a6146"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 586 (2020) — PFOA, PFOS, and PFAS; substances in public drinking water.
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Commissioner of Health; study of the occurrence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorobutyrate (PFBA), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Commonwealth's public drinking water; report. Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a work group to study the occurrence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), perfluorobutyrate (PFBA), perfluoroheptanoic acid (PFHpA), perfluorohexane sulfonate (PFHxS), perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA), and other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as deemed necessary, in the Commonwealth's public drinking water and to develop recommendations for specific maximum contaminant levels for PFOA, PFOS, PFBA, PFHpA, PFHxS, PFNA, and other PFAS, as deemed necessary, for inclusion in regulations of the Board of Health applicable to waterworks.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0611)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0611)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB586ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB586ER)
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3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB586)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB586)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB586H1)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB586H1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 1-N) — **35–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
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- Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-06** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104407D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-06** Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB586)
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- **2020-01-17** Assigned HWI sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20106820D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB586H1)
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- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20106820D-H1
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- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB586H1
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-17** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-20** Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-26** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-28** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-28** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate with amendment (35-Y 1-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-02** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-03-02** Senate amendment agreed to by House (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-02** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB586ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 611 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/11640f4c-230b-4c32-9987-78291ff388a9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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