Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB 496
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (Democratic)
Cosponsors (9)
- Charlie Schmidt
- Sam Rasoul (Democratic)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (Democratic)
- Amy J. Laufer (Democratic)
- Nicole Cole (Democratic)
- Joshua G. Cole (Democratic)
- Nadarius E. Clark (Democratic)
- Jessica L. Anderson
- Shelly A. Simonds (Democratic)
Summary
Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 553.
Text versions
- Introduced
- Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute
- Local Government Substitute
- Conference Report Substitute
- Conference Report
- Enrolled
- Chaptered
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 8:01 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2026 Senate | Adopt Conference Committee Report R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 14, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 10, 2026 Senate | Insist & Request R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 6, 2026 House | H VOTE: | fail | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 4, 2026 Senate | Passage R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 3, 2026 Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 2, 2026 Senate | Reported from Local Government with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 17, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 13, 2026 House | Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Jan 23, 2026 House | Subcommittee recommends reporting | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0623) - Apr 13, 2026
Approved by Governor-Chapter 623 (effective 7/1/2026) - Mar 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Signed by Speaker - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Signed by President - Mar 30, 2026 · House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB496ER) - Mar 30, 2026 · House
Enrolled - Mar 14, 2026 · Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (26-Y 13-N 0-A) - Mar 14, 2026 · House
Conference report agreed to by House (78-Y 19-N 0-A) - Mar 14, 2026 · Legislature
Conference Report released - Mar 12, 2026 · House
House Conferees: Guzman, Lopez, Morefield - Mar 12, 2026 · House
Conferees appointed by House - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Senate Conferees: Srinivasan, Marsden, Stuart - Mar 12, 2026 · Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate - Mar 11, 2026 · House
House acceded to request - Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Senate requested conference committee - Mar 10, 2026 · Senate
Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 6, 2026 · House
Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 97-N 0-A) - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (25-Y 15-N 0-A) - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Local Government Substitute agreed to - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
Read third time - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 3, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26109002D-S1 - Mar 2, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Local Government with substitute (11-Y 4-N) - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on Local Government - Feb 18, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) - Feb 17, 2026 · House
Read third time and passed House (74-Y 23-N 0-A) - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Feb 16, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Feb 16, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 15, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26107395D-H1 - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 1-N) - Feb 13, 2026 · House
House committee offered - Feb 13, 2026 · House
Reconsidered by Counties, Cities and Towns - Feb 6, 2026 · House
Continued to next session in Counties, Cities and Towns (Voice Vote) - Jan 23, 2026 · House
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 1-N) - Jan 20, 2026 · House
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3 - Jan 12, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns - Jan 12, 2026 · House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102411D