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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sewage sludge regulations; relief from administrative requirements, adverse and unusual weather."
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description: "Sewage sludge regulations; relief from administrative requirements; adverse and unusual weather events. Requires the State Water Control Board, with the assistance of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Health, to adopt regulations that include procedures for addressing administrative, staging, signage, and additional on-site and alternative storage site requirements when routine and on-site storage facility capacity and holding times are anticipated to be exceeded for the purpose of protecting against the release of sewage sludge into state waters and to account for increased intensity, frequency, and duration of storm events. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to form a regulatory advisory panel consisting of certain stakeholders for the purpose of assisting the Board in developing the regulations as required by the bill."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2024"
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identifier: "HB 870"
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citation: "Virginia HB 870 (2024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 29
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2024-01-09"
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last_action: "2024-03-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0c0e2f4-1081-4c8d-8861-954f9ef0e369"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB870"
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source_hash: "42a196c6a3eebd90c018b71f45ae2ff4a00306b1d569899bf7257030830fca53"
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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 870 (2024) — Sewage sludge regulations; relief from administrative requirements, adverse and unusual weather.
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Sewage sludge regulations; relief from administrative requirements; adverse and unusual weather events. Requires the State Water Control Board, with the assistance of the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Department of Health, to adopt regulations that include procedures for addressing administrative, staging, signage, and additional on-site and alternative storage site requirements when routine and on-site storage facility capacity and holding times are anticipated to be exceeded for the purpose of protecting against the release of sewage sludge into state waters and to account for increased intensity, frequency, and duration of storm events. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to form a regulatory advisory panel consisting of certain stakeholders for the purpose of assisting the Board in developing the regulations as required by the bill.
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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. **CHAP0209** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0209)
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2. **HB870ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB870ER)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105015D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB870)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 24105015D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB870E)
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## Votes
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24105015D `filing, introduction`
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- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-19** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2024-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (9-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-01-23** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2024-01-24** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2024-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2024-01-29** Committee amendment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2024-01-29** Engrossed by House as amended HB870E
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- **2024-01-29** Printed as engrossed 24105015D-E
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- **2024-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2024-01-30** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB870E)
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- **2024-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2024-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2024-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2024-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2024-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2024-02-20** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2024-02-26** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB870ER) `passage`
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- **2024-02-26** Impact statement from DPB (HB870ER)
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- **2024-02-26** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2024-02-28** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
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- **2024-03-28** Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
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- **2024-03-28** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)
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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/c0c0e2f4-1081-4c8d-8861-954f9ef0e369`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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