# Virginia HB370: Industrial/commercial use facilities; local authority on requiring water consumption in zoning ordinance.

Virginia HB370, Industrial/commercial use facilities; local authority on requiring water consumption in zoning ordinance., is a 2027 Regular Session House bill sponsored by David A. Reid (Democratic); status in committee, last action 2026-07-21 (Continued from last session) (as of 2026-10-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB370-2027
- As of: 2026-10-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB370
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2027 Regular Session
- Title: Industrial/commercial use facilities; local authority on requiring water consumption in zoning ordinance.
- Status: in committee
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-12
- Last action: 2026-07-21, Continued from last session
- Sponsor: David A. Reid (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Subcommittee #3
- Touches household money: no
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Local authority on requiring water consumption in zoning ordinance; industrial and commercial facilities. Authorizes a locality to include in its zoning ordinance provisions for (i) requiring proposed industrial and commercial facilities to submit water consumption estimates and (ii) considering water consumption from public resources when making rezoning and special use permit decisions related to such facilities.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: David A. Reid (Democratic), House

## Actions (6)

- 2026-07-21: Continued from last session (House)
- 2026-01-23: Continued to 2027 in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-01-23: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2028 (Voice Vote) (House)
- 2026-01-20: Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 (House)
- 2026-01-12: Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns (House)
- 2026-01-12: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100103D (House)

## Bill text

- Introduced, 2026-01-12: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231032.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231031.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231032.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1231031.PDF)

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- [HB1534: School service providers; deletion of student and family personal information.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1534-2027)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB370-2027 (as of 2026-10-11).