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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sewage sludge; land application, permit exemptions, sunset."
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description: "Land application of sewage sludge; permit exemptions; sunset. Exempts from permitting requirements for land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge any land application for a research project when such land is owned and operated by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the institution of higher education to notify the Department of Environmental Quality and the owner of every adjoining property of its intent to land apply such sewage sludge at least 30 days prior to commencing any land application of sewage sludge. The bill also requires the institution of higher education to comply with setback and recordkeeping requirements outlined in the Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit Regulation. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030."
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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 2517"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2517 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99e4de87-05b4-44be-a681-3e532bc74ee4"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2517"
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source_hash: "3efb61417b8d89a96264a772910b8bb68a69c4b72d2469bb22c7d1724d98d660"
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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 2517 (2025) — Sewage sludge; land application, permit exemptions, sunset.
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Land application of sewage sludge; permit exemptions; sunset. Exempts from permitting requirements for land application, marketing, and distribution of sewage sludge any land application for a research project when such land is owned and operated by an institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The bill requires the institution of higher education to notify the Department of Environmental Quality and the owner of every adjoining property of its intent to land apply such sewage sludge at least 30 days prior to commencing any land application of sewage sludge. The bill also requires the institution of higher education to comply with setback and recordkeeping requirements outlined in the Virginia Pollution Abatement Permit Regulation. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
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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/1016672.PDF)
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2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030842.PDF)
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3. **Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047956.HTML)
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4. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073003.PDF)
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5. **Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1053198.HTML)
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6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1059408.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) — **82–17** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
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- David Owen — cosponsor (person)
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- Ian T. Lovejoy — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
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- Will Davis — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102662D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2517)
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- **2025-01-24** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Committee substitute printed 25106197D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2025-01-30** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2517)
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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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 (82-Y 17-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 amendments (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Reading of amendments waived
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- **2025-02-14** Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate Amendments agreed to by House (94-Y 3-N) `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2517ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2517)
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- **2025-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-23** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-21** Approved by Governor-Chapter 280 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-21** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0280)
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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/99e4de87-05b4-44be-a681-3e532bc74ee4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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