HB938Introduced in the House of Delegates
PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.
Introduced by Nadarius Clark, District 84
What does this bill do?
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Official description
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.
Where it stands
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)
April 13, 2026
How did lawmakers vote?
House of Delegates votes
5 recorded votes · each counted separately
Senate votes
4 recorded votes · each counted separately
SenateStage: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · March 9, 2026
40
Yes
0
No
0
Absent or Not Voting
40 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
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| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Bennett-Parker | 5 | Yes |
| Michael Jones | 77 | Yes |
| Timmy French | 1 | Yes |
| Mark Obenshain | 2 | Yes |
| Chris Head | 3 | Yes |
| David Suetterlein | 4 | Yes |
| Travis Hackworth | 5 | Yes |
| Todd Pillion | 6 | Yes |
| William Stanley | 7 | Yes |
| Mark Peake | 8 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101863D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938)
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
Committee substitute printed 26106589D-H1
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations (20-Y 2-N)
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
Read first time
Read second time
committee substitute agreed to
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read third time and passed House (88-Y 7-N 0-A)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938)
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Read third time
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Enrolled
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB938ER)
Signed by Speaker
Signed by President
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB938)
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Approved by Governor-Chapter 709 (effective 7/1/2026)
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0709)
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