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type: "Bill"
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title: "Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers."
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description: "Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 553."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 496"
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citation: "Virginia HB 496 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Elizabeth R. Guzman"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 44
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87dcaa13-cc86-42d3-9c46-387c163a4da6"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB496"
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source_hash: "93c5192708ca1ab37f1cea5e4e397ffd5332587ae6ace3e0af9c4d8cb775ab76"
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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 496 (2026) — Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
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Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 553.
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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/1084670.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1221621.PDF)
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3. **Conference Report** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211514.HTML)
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4. **Conference Report Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1211510.PDF)
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5. **Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1146749.PDF)
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6. **Local Government Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1189587.PDF)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1214437.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **25–15** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **0–97** (fail) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **73–23** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **78–19** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- Insist & Request R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — **20–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Local Government with substitute — **11–4** (pass) · upper
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- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — **26–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — primary (person)
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- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
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- Jessica L. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Joshua G. Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102411D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-12** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N)
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- **2026-02-06** Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-13** Reconsidered by Counties, Cities and Towns
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- **2026-02-13** House committee offered
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- **2026-02-13** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-13** Committee substitute printed 26107395D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2026-02-15** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-16** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** committee substitute agreed to `substitution`
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- **2026-02-16** Engrossed by House - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-02-17** Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-18** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-02** Reported from Local Government with substitute (11-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Committee substitute printed 26109002D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
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- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-04** Local Government Substitute agreed to
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- **2026-03-04** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute `substitution`
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- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-06** Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A)
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- **2026-03-10** Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `substitution`
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- **2026-03-10** Senate requested conference committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-03-11** House acceded to request
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2026-03-12** Senate Conferees: Srinivasan, Marsden, Stuart
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- **2026-03-12** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2026-03-12** House Conferees: Guzman, Lopez, Morefield
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- **2026-03-14** Conference Report released
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-14** Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-30** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-30** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB496ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-30** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-31** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-31** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 623 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-13** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623)
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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/87dcaa13-cc86-42d3-9c46-387c163a4da6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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