# Virginia HB2516: Hazardous substances; Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans, civil penalties. Virginia HB2516, Hazardous substances; Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans, civil penalties., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic); status to governor, last action 2025-03-21 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279)) (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2516-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Virginia HB2516 - State: Virginia - Session: 2025 Regular Session - Title: Hazardous substances; Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans, civil penalties. - Status: to governor - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-08 - Last action: 2025-03-21, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279) - Sponsor: Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 10 (413 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 0 ## Summary Hazardous substances; hazardous substance facility response plans; civil penalties. Requires any person that is required to submit a facility response plan under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Water Act Hazardous Substance Facility Response Plans to submit evidence of an EPA-approved facility response plan to the Department of Environmental Quality within a certain time period and to comply with such plan. The bill provides certain requirements for reporting, recordkeeping, and inspection and authorizes the Department to initiate a civil action to obtain certain equitable relief for violations of the bill's provisions. The bill imposes civil penalties for any person that negligently, willfully, or knowingly (i) discharges or causes to discharge a hazardous substance from a facility or (ii) fails to implement or comply with an EPA-approved facility response plan. Finally, the bill requires the Department to develop guidance to implement the provisions of the bill. ## Bill overview No economic impacts identified for this bill. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Alfonso H. Lopez (Democratic), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 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 | 14 | 0 | | | 2025-02-11 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Read third time and passed House Block Vote | pass | 97 | 0 | | | 2025-02-04 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-01-29 | House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources | pass | 22 | 0 | | | 2025-01-27 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 9 | 0 | 1 | ## Actions (31) - 2025-03-21: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0279) (Governor) - 2025-03-21: Approved by Governor-Chapter 279 (Effective 07/01/25) (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 (HB2516) (House) - 2025-03-07: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2516ER) (House) - 2025-03-07: Enrolled (House) - 2025-03-07: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-02-20: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-20: Read third time (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 (14-Y 0-N) (Senate) - 2025-02-11: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (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: Passed House Block Vote (99-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-04: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House (House) - 2025-02-04: Read third time and passed House Block Vote (97-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-02-03: Read second time and engrossed (House) - 2025-01-31: Read first time (House) - 2025-01-29: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-28: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2516) (House) - 2025-01-27: Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 0-N) (House) - 2025-01-24: Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake (House) - 2025-01-08: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (House) - 2025-01-08: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102643D (House) ## Bill text - Chaptered, 2025-03-21: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072944.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072943.PDF) - Enrolled, 2025-03-07: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068693.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068692.PDF) - Introduced, 2025-01-08: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016679.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016678.PDF) ## Related bills - HR671: Commending JR's Auto Care. (adopted) - SB941: Robbery; use of air or gas operated weapon, etc., penalty. (failed) - HB1746: Public safety officer; definition. (failed) - HB1600: Budget Bill. (failed) - SB1449: Data centers; site assessment for high energy use facility. (failed) - HB1609: Essential health benefits benchmark plan; Commission to consider coverage for infertility treatment. (to governor) ## Sources - [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072944.HTML) - [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1072943.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068693.HTML) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1068692.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016679.HTML) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1016678.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) - [Virginia bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia/bills) - [Virginia state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/virginia) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB2516-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).