2026 Regular Session
HB146
Environment - On-Site Wastewater Systems - Requirements for Inspection and Pumping Services and Implementation Dates
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Requiring a landlord of property that is served by an on-site wastewater system to ensure, on or before July 1, 2028, and before each new tenant occupies the property thereafter, that the system has been inspected and pumped out in a certain manner; requiring a delegated approval authority to approve, to the extent practicable, the repair or replacement of any failed components of a drain field of a failing on-site wastewater system; extending certain dates; etc.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 20, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
93 yea–36 nay · 3 not voting · 9 absent
April 9, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
29 yea–12 nay · 3 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
February 23, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
January 14, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Senate Refuses Recede
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Senate House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Stein, Guyton and T. Morgan)
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Senate House Requests Senate Recede
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Senate House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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House House Conference Committee Appointed (Delegates Stein, Guyton and T. Morgan)
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House House Requests Senate Recede
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House House Refuses Concur Senate Amendments
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Senate Third Reading Passed (29-12) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {233124/1 Adopted
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment
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House Third Reading Passed (93-36) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {673823/1 (Delegate Adams) Adopted
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House Motion Special Order until 2/18 (Delegate Fisher) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {323329/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Environment and Transportation
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House Pre-filed