VirginiaResidential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund; established.
What it does
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.
More detail
This bill is a recommendation of the State Water Commission.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 18Left in Committee AppropriationsLatest
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (5-Y 2-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends laying on the table. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 10Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB348)
- Jan 29Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human ResourcesMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 26Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) and referring to Appropriations (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 26House subcommittee offered
- Jan 19Assigned HACNR sub: ChesapeakeMinor
- Jan 12Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 12Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102323DIntroduced