Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia SB 553
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Kannan Srinivasan (Democratic)
Cosponsors (4)
- Angelia Williams Graves (Democratic)
- Richard H. Stuart (Republican)
- Russet Perry (Democratic)
- David W. Marsden (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 HB 496.
Text versions
- Introduced
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute
- Conference Report Substitute
- Conference Report
- Enrolled
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 9, 2026 Senate | Accede Conference Committee R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 4, 2026 Senate | Concur House Substitute R | fail | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Mar 2, 2026 House | H VOTE: | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 25, 2026 House | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 9, 2026 Senate | Passage R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 5, 2026 Senate | Constitutional reading dispensed R | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
| Feb 3, 2026 Senate | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute | pass | Set your home in Virginia to see |
Actions
- Apr 13, 2026
Approved by Governor-Chapter 896 (effective 7/1/2026) - Mar 31, 2026
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 - Mar 31, 2026 · House
Signed by Speaker - Mar 31, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553) - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Signed by President - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB553ER) - Mar 30, 2026 · Senate
Enrolled - Mar 18, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553) - Mar 14, 2026 · House
Conference report agreed to by House (74-Y 22-N 0-A) - Mar 14, 2026 · Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (25-Y 14-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 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate Conferees: Marsden, Srinivasan, Stuart - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate - Mar 9, 2026 · Senate
Senate acceded to request Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Mar 6, 2026 · Senate
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB553) - Mar 5, 2026 · House
House requested conference committee - Mar 5, 2026 · House
House insisted on substitute - Mar 4, 2026 · Senate
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A) - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Passed House with substitute (81-Y 18-N 0-A) - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute - Mar 2, 2026 · House
committee substitute agreed to - Mar 2, 2026 · House
Read third time - Feb 27, 2026 · House
Read second time - Feb 25, 2026 · House
Committee substitute printed 26108661D-H1 - Feb 25, 2026 · House
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (18-Y 3-N 1-A) - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Read first time - Feb 12, 2026 · House
Placed on Calendar - Feb 9, 2026 · Senate
Read third time and passed Senate (25-Y 15-N 0-A) - Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote) - Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to - Feb 6, 2026 · Senate
Read second time - Feb 5, 2026 · Senate
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote) - Feb 5, 2026 · Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) - Feb 5, 2026 · Senate
Rules suspended - Feb 4, 2026 · Senate
Committee substitute printed 26106999D-S1 - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (9-Y 4-N 1-A) - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Senate committee offered - Feb 3, 2026 · Senate
Assigned HACNR sub: Water Usage - Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources - Jan 14, 2026 · Senate
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104013D