HB1443
Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distributing of sewage sludge.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 11, 2026
House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N 0-A)
Chief Patron:
Alfonso Lopez (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distribution of sewage sludge; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; testing requirements.
Directs any owner of a sewage treatment works land applying, marketing, or distributing sewage sludge in the Commonwealth, beginning January 1, 2027, to collect representative samples of finished sewage sludge products and have such samples analyzed by an accredited laboratory for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The bill mandates certain ... (More) outcomes for the land application of such products depending on the concentration of PFAS in such products. The bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to modify all Virginia Pollution Abatement permits for the land application of sewage sludge and Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits for sewage treatment works that include sewage sludge prepared for land application, marketing, or distribution as soon as practicable. The bill requires the Department to convene a work group to study the occurrence of PFAS in sewage sludge intended for land application within the Commonwealth. The Department is required to report the recommendations of the work group to the Governor and the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by November 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/22/2026 - House: Presented and ordered printed 26103372D
- 01/22/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/30/2026 - House: Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
- 02/06/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/09/2026 - House: House subcommittee offered
- 02/09/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
- 02/09/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/11/2026 - House: Incorporates HB880 (Kent)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (17-Y 5-N)
- 02/11/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26107581D-H1
- 02/13/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/16/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 02/16/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute
- 02/17/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (67-Y 29-N 0-A)
- 02/17/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1443)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/18/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Senate subcommittee offered
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 03/03/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 03/04/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26108622D-S1
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- 03/06/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1443)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/09/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/11/2026 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House (74-Y 24-N 0-A)
