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VA HB 348

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Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund; established.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations to utilize point-of-use or point-of-entry drinking water treatment or filtration systems to remove or significantly reduce concentrations of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and other established and emerging contaminants of concern that meet or exceed maximum contaminant levels or health advisory levels for the same contaminant adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or, in the in the absence of an EPA health advisory for such contaminant, a contaminant level determined by the Department of Health's Office of Drinking Water. The bill also establishes the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Program Fund to allow the Department to test and treat contaminated drinking water through grants for the use of eligible treatment or filtration systems in private residential wells. This bill is a recommendation of the State Water Commission.

Introduced
2026-01-12
Status date
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Latest action
2026-02-18 — Left in Committee Appropriations
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Ellen H. McLaughlinprimary
  • Rodney T. Willettcosponsor
  • Chris S. Runioncosponsor
  • Nadarius E. Clarkcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-12

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102323D

    filing,introduction

  2. 2026-01-12

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-19

    Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake

    referral-committee

  4. 2026-01-26

    House subcommittee offered

  5. 2026-01-26

    Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)

  6. 2026-01-28

    Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)

    committee-passage

  7. 2026-01-29

    Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources

    referral-committee

  8. 2026-02-10

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB348)

  9. 2026-02-11

    Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)

  10. 2026-02-18

    Left in Committee Appropriations

Versions

  • IntroducedCompare
  • Chesapeake Subcommittee AmendmentCompare
  • Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources AmendmentCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s)

    2026-01-26 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Michael J. Webert: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s)

    2026-01-28 · pass · 22-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
    • Nadarius E. Clark: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • Shelly A. Simonds: yes
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Charniele L. Herring: yes
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • Jackie H. Glass: yes
    • Phil M. Hernandez: yes
    • Amy J. Laufer: yes
    • Marty Martinez: yes
    • John Chilton McAuliff: yes
    • Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
    • Virgil Thornton: yes
    • Lily V. Franklin: yes
    • R. Lee Ware: yes
    • Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
    • Tony O. Wilt: yes
    • Michael J. Webert: yes
    • Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
    • Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
    • Hillary Pugh Kent: yes

  • Subcommittee recommends laying on the table

    2026-02-11 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Rodney T. Willett: yes
    • Betsy B. Carr: yes
    • Paul E. Krizek: yes
    • C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
    • Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
    • M. Keith Hodges: no
    • Ellen H. McLaughlin: no

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB348

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