HB 769 Virginia House of Delegates · 2022 Regular Session

Onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities.

Summary
Department of Health; onsite sewage system pump-out oversight; certain localities. Requires the Department of Health (the Department), effective July 1, 2023, to manage and enforce onsite sewage system pump-out compliance for Accomack, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, and Westmoreland Counties and the incorporated towns within those counties. The bill requires licensed operators conducting onsite sewage system pump-outs that are managed by the Department in these localities to provide a report on the results of the site visit using a web-based reporting system developed by the Department. The bill also requires the Board of Health to establish a uniform schedule of civil penalties for violations of onsite treatment system pump-out requirements in localities in which compliance with such requirements is managed and enforced by the Department and provides that any person who violates such requirements in a locality in which compliance is managed and enforced by the Department is guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Apr 2022
Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Signed Apr 11, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 2, 2022 · House of Delegates Feb 15, 2022

How they voted

34–0
Passed
Total votes 34
Mar 2, 2022
D Democratic18
18 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
44
Key actions
17
Committee
20
Amendments
3
Apr 11, 2022
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 486 (effective 7/1/22)
executive
Mar 7, 2022
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Mar 3, 2022
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Mar 2, 2022
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (34-0)
senate
Mar 1, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 24, 2022
Upper · Passed
Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned Education sub: Health
upper
Feb 16, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education and Health
upper
Feb 15, 2022
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB769H1
lower
Feb 14, 2022
Lower · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 22105994D-H1
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 3, 2022
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2022
Committee
Assigned HWI sub: Subcommittee #2
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Committee
Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
lower
Jan 11, 2022
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22103696D
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Photo of Keith Hodges
Keith Hodges
RRepublican
VA
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