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type: "Bill"
title: "Public utilities; discounted water and sewer fees, Town of Hurt."
description: "Public utilities; discounted water and sewer fees; Town of Hurt. Adds the Town of Hurt to those localities that may develop criteria for providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income, elderly, or disabled customers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 764"
citation: "Virginia HB 764 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric R. Zehr"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75b7cd10-2669-47a5-818d-e407718d654f"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB764"
source_hash: "619db5d16e90aaa9c4651e271adc32cac5f5be7910081ec96db8ad2cca25ec9e"
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 764 (2026) — Public utilities; discounted water and sewer fees, Town of Hurt.
Public utilities; discounted water and sewer fees; Town of Hurt. Adds the Town of Hurt to those localities that may develop criteria for providing discounted water and sewer fees and charges for low-income, elderly, or disabled customers.
## 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/1085801.PDF)
2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1217922.PDF)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1199789.PDF)
## Votes
- Reported from Local Government — **150** (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — **990** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns — **200** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **400** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **50** (pass) · lower
- Passage R — **400** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Eric R. Zehr — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103888D `filing, introduction`
- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 0-N)
- **2026-01-23** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2026-01-28** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-29** Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-01-30** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- **2026-01-30** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Reported from Local Government (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-03** Rules suspended
- **2026-03-03** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- **2026-03-03** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- **2026-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-04** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2026-03-11** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB764ER) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Signed by President `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-08** Approved by Governor-Chapter 420 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-08** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75b7cd10-2669-47a5-818d-e407718d654f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).