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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity."
description: "Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1940"
citation: "Virginia HB 1940 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Runion"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e67dbbf4-90b7-431a-8ef7-ae9af53c8c9c"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1940"
source_hash: "c8bf4b6e7452f2ea99e3fb4df01c668a86cdf23218bc7b42a0b844f04fb59a92"
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 1940 (2023) — Waterworks and wastewater works operators; license reciprocity.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0632** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0632)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105619D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1940H1)
3. **HB1940ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1940ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23102798D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1940)
## Votes
- Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Runion — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed with emergency clause; offered 01/11/23 23102798D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB1940)
- **2023-01-23** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-26** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31** Committee substitute printed 23105619D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Committee substitute agreed to 23105619D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-03** Emergency clause deleted
- **2023-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1940H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Impact statement from DPB (HB1940H1)
- **2023-02-06** Read third time and passed House (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06** VOTE: Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of amendments waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with amendments (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1940ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1940ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 632 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0632)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e67dbbf4-90b7-431a-8ef7-ae9af53c8c9c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).