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type: "Bill"
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title: "Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established."
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description: "Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA. The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department of Environmental Quality no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. The bill requires by July 1, 2027, for any facility that measures exceedances in its discharge of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025, the Department, for an individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the facility discharges directly to surface waters, or a major publicly owned treatment works, for an indirect discharger, to modify the applicable discharge permit to require that the facility's discharge not exceed that MCL. The bill requires the modified permit to provide a compliance schedule that requires compliance with such level as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 2029. The bill exempts from its provisions any industrial discharger not listed in the bill, any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant, or a municipal solid waste facility but provides that any public water system may follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with the MCL for PFAS in finished water. The bill clarifies that its provisions will not limit the authority of the Department or the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to which any user discharges wastewater to require monitoring or reporting or otherwise regulate the discharge of any PFAS chemicals or other pollutants under other applicable legal authority."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2050"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2050 (2025)"
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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: 9
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-04-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc767238-cf78-4c9d-84f8-eb28b4de1307"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2050"
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source_hash: "0ed762cf080dea17e051f2b78b5028aa29be95a3c9b7fe961a99d18e770b7b44"
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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 2050 (2025) — Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
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Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA. The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department of Environmental Quality no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. The bill requires by July 1, 2027, for any facility that measures exceedances in its discharge of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025, the Department, for an individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the facility discharges directly to surface waters, or a major publicly owned treatment works, for an indirect discharger, to modify the applicable discharge permit to require that the facility's discharge not exceed that MCL. The bill requires the modified permit to provide a compliance schedule that requires compliance with such level as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 2029. The bill exempts from its provisions any industrial discharger not listed in the bill, any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant, or a municipal solid waste facility but provides that any public water system may follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with the MCL for PFAS in finished water. The bill clarifies that its provisions will not limit the authority of the Department or the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to which any user discharges wastewater to require monitoring or reporting or otherwise regulate the discharge of any PFAS chemicals or other pollutants under other applicable legal authority.
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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. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014900.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030894.PDF)
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3. **Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047839.PDF)
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4. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079143.PDF)
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5. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073493.HTML)
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6. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074866.PDF)
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7. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064869.HTML)
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8. **Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064499.HTML)
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9. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066898.PDF)
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## Votes
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- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) — **11–4** (pass) · upper
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- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (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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- Briana D. Sewell — cosponsor (person)
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- Candi Mundon King — cosponsor (person)
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- Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua E. Thomas — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark D. Sickles — cosponsor (person)
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- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
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- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — 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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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102842D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106088D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-03** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-11** Committee substitute printed 25107197D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
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- **2025-02-17** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-19** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2025-02-20** Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
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- **2025-02-20** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2025-02-20** Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed By Senate - Committee Substitute as amended
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- **2025-02-20** Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2025-02-20** Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER) `passage`
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- **2025-03-07** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050)
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- **2025-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
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- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (HB2050ER2) `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
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- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 650 (Effective 07/01/25) `became-law`
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- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650)
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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/bc767238-cf78-4c9d-84f8-eb28b4de1307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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