Virginia legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Virginia HB952: An Act to require the Department of Environmental Quality to prioritize enforcement actions relating to certain industrial stormwater permittees under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Exchange Program; work group; report.
Status: Chaptered, April 22, 2026
Department of Environmental Quality; Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program; certain industrial stormwater permits; nutrient credits. Provides that for the purposes of the industrial stormwater general permit nutrient reduction compliance for calendar years 2025 and 2026, the term “nutrient credit” shall include nutrient credits generated by point sources in accordance with the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Exchange Program, subject to certain conditions. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Quality to (i) prioritize timely and appropriate enforcement actions in the case of any industrial stormwater permittee that fails to comply for calendar years 2025 and 2026 by achieving sufficient onsite nutrient reductions or acquiring sufficient point or nonpoint source nutrient credits and (ii) convene a work group to evaluate and recommend conditions and requirements to most effectively address industrial stormwater general permit nutrient reduction compliance in future calendar years and submit a report summarizing such evaluation and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than November 1, 2026.
What the bill says
An Act to require the Department of Environmental Quality to prioritize enforcement actions relating to certain industrial stormwater permittees under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Exchange Program; work group; report. [H 952] Approved April 22, 2026.
From the enrolled text, April 22, 2026:
An Act to require the Department of Environmental Quality to prioritize enforcement actions relating to certain industrial stormwater permittees under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Exchange Program; work group; report. [H 952] Approved April 22, 2026
Sponsors
- Alfonso Lopez (D, 3) · primary sponsor
- Runion, Chris (R, 35)
Latest actions
- : Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1080)
- : Approved by Governor-Chapter 1080 (effective 7/1/2026)
- : Signed by President
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Reenrolled bill text (HB952ER2)
- : Reenrolled
- : Governor's recommendation adopted
- : Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (33-Y 6-N 0-A)
- : House concurred in Governor's recommendation Block Vote (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
- : House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Votes
- House concurred in Governor's recommendation (99-Y 0-N 0-A) (April 22, 2026): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Adopt Governor's Recommendation R (April 22, 2026): 33 yea, 6 nay, passed
- Passage R (March 9, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Pass By V (March 5, 2026): 0 yea, 0 nay, failed
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (March 5, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Report (March 3, 2026): 15 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB952?
- HB952 is a bill in the Virginia Legislature (2026 Regular Session): An Act to require the Department of Environmental Quality to prioritize enforcement actions relating to certain industrial stormwater permittees under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Exchange Program; work group; report.
- What does HB952 do?
- In its own words: An Act to require the Department of Environmental Quality to prioritize enforcement actions relating to certain industrial stormwater permittees under the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Exchange Program; work group; report. [H 952] Approved April 22, 2026.
- What is the status of HB952?
- Chaptered as of April 22, 2026. Latest action: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1080) (April 22, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB952?
- Alfonso Lopez (D, 3), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB952?
- On the Virginia Legislature website: https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB952
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