SB386
Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distributing of sewage sludge.
Status:
Passed
Latest Action:
March 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Chief Patron:
Richard Stuart (R)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Passed House of Origin. Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distribution of sewage sludge; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; testing requirements.
Directs any owner of a sewage treatment works land applying, marketing, or distributing sewage sludge in the Commonwealth, beginning January 1, 2027, to collect representative samples of finished sewage sludge products and have such samples analyzed by an accredited laboratory for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The bill mandates certain ... (More) outcomes for the land application of such products depending on the concentration of PFAS in such products and provides that any locality in a groundwater management area may adopt by ordinance certain PFAS concentration thresholds that are more stringent than those provided in the bill. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105231D
- 01/13/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/27/2026 - Senate: Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage
- 02/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact statement From CLG (2/6/2026 9:59 am)
- 02/09/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB386)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Senate committee offered
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107670D-S1
- 02/12/2026 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 3-N 2-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (35-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 26107999D-S2
- 02/13/2026 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
- 02/16/2026 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
- 02/17/2026 - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (27-Y 13-N 0-A)
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/24/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/24/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/24/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 02/25/2026 - House: House committee offered
- 02/25/2026 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/2026 - House: Committee substitute printed 26108629D-H1
- 02/27/2026 - House: Read second time
- 03/02/2026 - House: Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
- 03/02/2026 - House: Floor Offered
- 03/02/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/03/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/2026 - House: Passed by for the day
- 03/06/2026 - House: Read third time
- 03/06/2026 - House: committee substitute agreed to
- 03/06/2026 - House: Delegate Lopez Floor amendments agreed to
- 03/06/2026 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute as amended
- 03/06/2026 - House: Passed House with substitute with amendments (86-Y 12-N 0-A)
- 03/06/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB386)
- 03/10/2026 - Senate: House substitute with amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Enrolled
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB386ER)
- 03/30/2026 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB386)
- 03/31/2026 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/31/2026 - Senate: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
- 03/31/2026 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
