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type: "Bill"
title: "Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence."
description: "Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting. Requires owners of waterworks to report any critical equipment failure or malfunction or contaminant release to the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water as soon as practicable but no more than two hours after discovery. The bill also requires owners of waterworks that are required to submit a monthly operating report to the Office to include any noncritical equipment failure or malfunction that could adversely affect water quality, public health, or service continuity in such report. This bill is identical to HB 2749."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 1408"
citation: "Virginia SB 1408 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce E. Reeves"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-14"
last_action: "2025-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c96cc70c-bd07-49d8-9911-a73f516c6171"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1408"
source_hash: "a532876607f658c09d32ac127a3480715a7152780053c4b6879d463c6a836e46"
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 SB 1408 (2025) — Waterworks; mandatory reporting of anomalies, negligence.
Department of Health; waterworks; mandatory reporting. Requires owners of waterworks to report any critical equipment failure or malfunction or contaminant release to the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water as soon as practicable but no more than two hours after discovery. The bill also requires owners of waterworks that are required to submit a monthly operating report to the Office to include any noncritical equipment failure or malfunction that could adversely affect water quality, public health, or service continuity in such report. This bill is identical to HB 2749.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1020299.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079051.PDF)
3. **Education and Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1027653.PDF)
4. **Governor's Recommendation** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073853.HTML)
5. **Health and Human Services Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047071.PDF)
6. **Reenrolled** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1075362.PDF)
7. **SEH Sub: Health Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1025188.PDF)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1060185.PDF)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N) — **370** (pass) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — **150** (pass) · upper
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **960** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bryce E. Reeves — primary (person)
- Phillip A. Scott — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-14** Presented and ordered printed 25104793D `introduction`
- **2025-01-14** Referred to Committee on Education and Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21** Assigned Education sub: Health `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23** Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23** Committee substitute printed 25105777D-S1 `substitution`
- **2025-01-24** Rules suspended
- **2025-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (37-Y 0-N)
- **2025-01-24** Passed by for the day
- **2025-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Reading of substitute waived
- **2025-01-27** Education and Health Substitute agreed to
- **2025-01-27** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-01-27** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1408)
- **2025-01-28** Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on Calendar
- **2025-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Committee substitute printed 25107255D-H1 `substitution`
- **2025-02-13** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1408)
- **2025-02-13** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Passed by temporarily
- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14** Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
- **2025-02-14** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2025-02-14** Passed House with substitute (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2025-02-18** House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2025-02-21** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-02-21** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1408ER) `passage`
- **2025-02-21** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1408)
- **2025-02-21** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 `enrolled`
- **2025-03-05** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Governor's recommendation received by Senate `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2025-04-02** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
- **2025-04-02** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Reenrolled bill text (SB1408ER2) `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2025-04-02** Enacted, Chapter 631 (Effective 07/01/2025) `became-law`
- **2025-04-02** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0631)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c96cc70c-bd07-49d8-9911-a73f516c6171`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).