# Virginia HB2050: Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.

Virginia HB2050, Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David L. Bulova (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-04-02 (Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)) (as of 2026-10-17).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB2050
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.
- Status: to governor
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-04-02, Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- Sponsor: David L. Bulova (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 10 (463 yes, 5 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## 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 overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David L. Bulova (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-02 | House | House concurred in Governor's recommendation Block Vote | pass | 96 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | House | Senate substitute agreed to by House | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-20 | Senate | Passed Senate with substitute with amendments | pass | 38 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-19 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-17 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 13 | 1 |   |
| 2025-02-11 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 11 | 4 |   |
| 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 98 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 10 | 0 | 1 |

## Actions (48)

- 2025-04-02: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0650) (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: Reenrolled bill text (HB2050ER2) (House)
- 2025-04-02: Reenrolled (House)
- 2025-04-02: Enacted, Chapter 650 (Effective 07/01/25) (House)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by President as reenrolled (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by Speaker as reenrolled (House)
- 2025-04-02: Governor's recommendation adopted (Governor)
- 2025-04-02: House concurred in Governor's recommendation Block Vote (96-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-03-24: Governor's recommendation received by House (Governor)
- 2025-03-11: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 (Governor)
- 2025-03-11: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025 (House)
- 2025-03-10: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-03-07: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2050ER) (House)
- 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House)
- 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-02-20: Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senator McPike, Jeremy S. Amendments agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Read third time (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-20: Engrossed By Senate - Committee Substitute as amended (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Reading of amendment waived (Senate)
- 2025-02-20: Reading of substitute waived (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Passed by for the day (Senate)
- 2025-02-19: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050) (House)
- 2025-02-11: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N) (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Committee substitute printed 25107197D-S1 (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-02-03: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2025-02-03: Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to (House)
- 2025-02-03: Read second time (House)
- 2025-02-03: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar (House)
- 2025-01-31: Read first time (House)
- 2025-01-29: Committee substitute printed 25106088D-H1 (House)
- 2025-01-29: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-27: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2050) (House)
- 2025-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2025-01-14: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake (House)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (House)
- 2025-01-07: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102842D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079144.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079143.PDF)
- Reenrolled, 2025-04-02: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074867.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074866.PDF)
- Gov Recommendation, 2025-03-24: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073493.HTML)
- Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066899.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066898.PDF)
- Amendment, 2025-02-20: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064499.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064869.HTML)
- Substitute, 2025-02-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047840.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047839.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047249.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047248.PDF)
- Substitute, 2025-01-29: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030895.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030894.PDF)
- Introduced, 2025-01-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014901.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014900.PDF)

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- HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed)
- HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed)
- SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed)
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## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079144.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1079143.PDF)
- [Reenrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074867.HTML)
- [Reenrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1074866.PDF)
- [Gov Recommendation (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1073493.HTML)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066899.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1066898.PDF)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064499.HTML)
- [Amendment (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1064869.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047840.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047839.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047249.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1047248.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030895.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1030894.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014901.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1014900.PDF)

## Related
- [HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HR671-2025)
- [SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB941-2025)
- [HB1746: Public safety officer; definition.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1746-2025)
- [HB1600: Budget Bill.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1600-2025)
- [SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB1449-2025)
- [HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for i…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1609-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2050-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).