Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
Summary
Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established. Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA. The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department of Environmental Quality no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. The bill requires by July 1, 2027, for any facility that measures exceedances in its discharge of the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025, the Department, for an individual Virginia Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit if the facility discharges directly to surface waters, or a major publicly owned treatment works, for an indirect discharger, to modify the applicable discharge permit to require that the facility's discharge not exceed that MCL. The bill requires the modified permit to provide a compliance schedule that requires compliance with such level as soon as possible but no later than July 1, 2029. The bill exempts from its provisions any industrial discharger not listed in the bill, any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant, or a municipal solid waste facility but provides that any public water system may follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with the MCL for PFAS in finished water. The bill clarifies that its provisions will not limit the authority of the Department or the owner or operator of any publicly owned treatment works to which any user discharges wastewater to require monitoring or reporting or otherwise regulate the discharge of any PFAS chemicals or other pollutants under other applicable legal authority.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Signed Apr 2, 2025
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What changed between versions
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute
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Chaptered
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4 edits
MODERATE
The bill was formally approved and chaptered into Virginia law, converting it from a Senate substitute amendment to an official act of the General Assembly. The substantive policy language regarding PFAS monitoring and compliance requirements for industrial facilities discharging into the Occoquan Reservoir watershed remained largely unchanged, though minor text clarifications were made in subsection C regarding compliance schedules and MCL revisions.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; it continues to apply to industrial facilities discharging into the Occoquan Reservoir watershed and related water bodies.
TECHNICAL
Changed from Senate substitute amendment format to official chaptered act format with standard Virginia Acts of Assembly styling.
REQUIREMENT
Minor text clarification in subsection C changed 'measures exceedances' to 'measures PFAS in its discharge that exceeds' for improved readability.
TIMELINE
Added language allowing extension of compliance deadlines beyond July 1, 2029 if public water system compliance deadlines are extended.
ELIGIBILITY
Subsection E reference changed from 'subsection A' to 'subsection B' for consistency with the renumbered text structure.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 19, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 19, 2025
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
48
Key actions
14
Committee
7
Amendments
2
Apr 2, 2025
Signed into law
Governor's recommendation adopted
executive
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
House concurred in Governor's recommendation (96-Y 0-N)
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Vetoed
Governor's recommendation received by House
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER)
lower
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Engrossed By Senate - Committee Substitute as amended
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Amendments agreed to
upper
Feb 20, 2025
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
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