# Virginia HB938: PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.

Virginia HB938, PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works., is a 2026 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia HB938
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2026-01-13
- Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)
- Sponsor: Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 10 (255 yes, 9 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

Department of Environmental Quality; industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works; PFAS monitoring. Directs every publicly owned treatment works (POTW) to require certain new or industrial users of such POTW to perform and report to such POTW no later than 30 days after receipt from a laboratory the results as received of quarterly discharge monitoring for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for an initial characterization period of one year, provided, however, that such POTW may discontinue remaining quarterly monitoring by an industrial user with proper monitoring results that are below the method detection level for the first two quarters. If an industrial user detects PFAS in any amount above the detection method limit in its initial year of quarterly monitoring, the bill requires such industrial user to continue to perform and report to the POTW no later than 30 days after receipt from the laboratory the results as received of quarterly discharge monitoring for PFAS. The bill requires a POTW that receives PFAS monitoring results to report such results to the Department of Environmental Quality on a quarterly basis. Finally, the bill directs any POTW to notify an owner or operator of an industrial user subject to the monitoring requirements of the bill of the requirement to submit the initial quarterly monitoring results for PFAS within 30 days of the effective date of the bill. This bill is identical to SB 138.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Facilities face new PFAS water testing: mixed, low. Virginia requires covered facilities to test their discharges for PFAS chemicals every quarter for an initial year. Two programs apply: state monitoring of potential drinking-water pollution sources and monitoring of industrial users of public wastewater treatment plants. For state monitoring, the…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | Passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-05 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-04 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-24 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | House | Read third time and passed House | pass | 88 | 7 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | 7 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations | pass | 20 | 2 |   |
| 2026-02-09 | House | Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute | pass | 10 | 0 |   |

## Actions (36)

- 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709) (Governor)
- 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor-Chapter 709 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-25: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-25: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 (House)
- 2026-03-16: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938) (House)
- 2026-03-14: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER) (House)
- 2026-03-14: Enrolled (House)
- 2026-03-14: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-14: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-09: Passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Read third time (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-03-04: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938) (House)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2026-02-18: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-02-16: Engrossed by House - committee substitute (House)
- 2026-02-16: committee substitute agreed to (House)
- 2026-02-16: Read second time (House)
- 2026-02-15: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-13: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-13: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Committee substitute printed 26106589D-H1 (House)
- 2026-02-11: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N) (House)
- 2026-02-11: Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources (House)
- 2026-02-09: House subcommittee offered (House)
- 2026-02-09: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-01-30: Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake (House)
- 2026-01-26: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938) (House)
- 2026-01-13: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (House)
- 2026-01-13: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101863D (House)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222323.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222322.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-14: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208877.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208876.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140134.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140133.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-09: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135526.HTML), [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135750.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135525.PDF), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135749.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086583.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086582.PDF)

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## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222323.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222322.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208877.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208876.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140134.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1140133.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135526.HTML)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135750.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135525.PDF)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1135749.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086583.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1086582.PDF)

## Related
- [HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB5-2026)
- [SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-SB199-2026)
- [HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB95-2026)
- [HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB1393-2026)
- [HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, terminat…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB834-2026)
- [HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB675-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/VA-HB938-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).