republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-1072.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sewage sludge; local authority to test and monitor land application within its political boundaries."
description: "Local authority to test and monitor the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries. Allows a locality to provide for testing and monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as defined in relevant law, of the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries using an applicable test method established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill prohibits any expenses from such testing and monitoring from being eligible for reimbursement from the Sludge Management Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1072"
citation: "Virginia HB 1072 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy J. Laufer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/527ba724-d208-4469-9d1d-3e8e8a8edbf3"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1072"
source_hash: "661ad66f475b50ca01d3d2b5bcca6ae41ade96f5603c2bb6827e3c269ac5304d"
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 1072 (2026) — Sewage sludge; local authority to test and monitor land application within its political boundaries.

Local authority to test and monitor the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries. Allows a locality to provide for testing and monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as defined in relevant law, of the land application of sewage sludge within its political boundaries using an applicable test method established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The bill prohibits any expenses from such testing and monitoring from being eligible for reimbursement from the Sludge Management Fund.

## 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/1087314.PDF)
2. **Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140216.PDF)
3. **Chesapeake Subcommittee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1139402.PDF)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1210872.PDF)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **23–17** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **15–7** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — **11–4** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **61–34** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **9–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Amy J. Laufer — primary (person)
- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102768D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-30** Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N) `substitution`
- **2026-02-11** House committee offered
- **2026-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Committee substitute printed 26107750D-H1 `substitution`
- **2026-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (62-Y 34-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-09** Passed by for the day
- **2026-03-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (23-Y 17-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1072ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 933 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/527ba724-d208-4469-9d1d-3e8e8a8edbf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).