# Virginia SB138: PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.

Virginia SB138, PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works., is a 2026 Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Jeremy S. McPike (Democratic); status signed, last action 2026-04-13 (Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)) (as of 2026-10-12).

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## Facts
- Bill: Virginia SB138
- State: Virginia
- Session: 2026 Regular Session
- Title: PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-06
- Last action: 2026-04-13, Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710)
- Sponsor: Jeremy S. McPike (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (247 yes, 0 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 HB 938.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New chemical testing for industrial wastewater: mixed, low. Virginia requires covered facilities and industrial users to test wastewater for PFAS chemicals every three months for an initial year. Covered sources include facilities already subject to PFAS self-reporting, PFAS makers, and businesses using PFAS in specified industries. These industries include…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Jeremy S. McPike (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-05 | House | Passed House Block Vote | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-02 | House | Reported from Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-25 | House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Appropriations | pass | 22 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-13 | Senate | Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote | pass | 39 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-12 | Senate | Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) | pass | 40 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-11 | Senate | Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) | pass | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-10 | Senate | Reported from Finance and Appropriations | pass | 15 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-03 | Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations | pass | 14 | 0 |   |

## Actions (33)

- 2026-04-13: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0710) (Governor)
- 2026-04-13: Approved by Governor-Chapter 710 (effective 7/1/2026) (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 (Governor)
- 2026-03-14: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-11: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB138) (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB138ER) (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Enrolled (Senate)
- 2026-03-11: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2026-03-05: Passed House Block Vote (95-Y 0-N 0-A) (House)
- 2026-03-05: Read third time (House)
- 2026-03-04: Read second time (House)
- 2026-03-02: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-26: Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources (House)
- 2026-02-25: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (House)
- 2026-02-18: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (House)
- 2026-02-18: Read first time (House)
- 2026-02-18: Placed on Calendar (House)
- 2026-02-13: Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-12: Read second time (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) (Senate)
- 2026-02-11: Rules suspended (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB138) (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-02-04: Committee substitute printed 26107042D-S1 (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Senate committee offered (Senate)
- 2026-02-03: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) (Senate)
- 2026-01-27: Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage (Senate)
- 2026-01-06: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (Senate)
- 2026-01-06: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102266D (Senate)

## Bill text

- Chaptered, 2026-04-13: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222327.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222326.PDF)
- Enrolled, 2026-03-11: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201059.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201058.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-04: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116002.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116001.PDF)
- Substitute, 2026-02-03: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114935.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114934.PDF)
- Introduced, 2026-01-06: [HTML](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082982.HTML), [PDF](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082981.PDF)

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- HB5: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- SB199: Employment; paid sick leave, civil penalties. (signed)
- HB95: Va. Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; landlord remedies, noncompliance with rental agreement. (signed)
- HB1393: Electric utilities; pilot program for energy assistance and weatherization for certain individuals. (signed)
- HB834: Virginia Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; fire or casualty damage, termination by landlord. (signed)
- HB675: Protection of employees; coercion or threat based on immigration status, civil penalty. (signed)

## Sources
- [Chaptered (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222327.HTML)
- [Chaptered (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1222326.PDF)
- [Enrolled (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201059.HTML)
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1201058.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116002.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1116001.PDF)
- [Substitute (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114935.HTML)
- [Substitute (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1114934.PDF)
- [Introduced (HTML)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082982.HTML)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1082981.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-SB138-2026 (as of 2026-10-12).