HB1381 • 2026

Bioslurry; prohibiting injection in wells in a groundwater management area.

An Act to amend and reenact § 45.2-1647 of the Code of Virginia, relating to groundwater management areas; bioslurry injections in wells prohibited.

Water

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Bloxom
Last action: 2026-04-13
Official status: Acts of Assembly Chapter
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Bioslurry; prohibiting injection in wells in a groundwater management area.

Groundwater management areas; bioslurry injections in wells prohibited.

What This Bill Does

Groundwater management areas; bioslurry injections in wells prohibited.
Prohibits any person from conducting any bioslurry injection, as defined in the bill, in any well that has been drilled through any portion of a groundwater management area declared by regulation prior to January 1, 2020.
This bill is identical SB 784.

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Bill History

2026-04-13 Governor
Approved by Governor-Chapter 814 (effective 7/1/2026)
2026-04-13 Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)
2026-04-13 Governor
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0814)
2026-03-10 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
2026-03-10 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-05 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1381)
2026-03-04 House
Signed by Speaker
2026-03-04 Senate
Signed by President
2026-03-04 House
Enrolled
2026-03-04 House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1381ER)
2026-02-27 Senate
Read third time
2026-02-27 Senate
Passed Senate Block Vote (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-26 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-02-26 Senate
Passed by for the day
2026-02-26 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-26 Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-02-24 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
2026-02-11 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-11 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2026-02-10 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1381)
2026-02-10 House
Read third time and passed House Block Vote (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-02-09 House
Read second time
2026-02-09 House
committee substitute agreed to
2026-02-09 House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
2026-02-06 House
Read first time
2026-02-05 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Committee substitute printed 26106752D-H1
2026-02-04 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
2026-02-02 Chesapeake
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
2026-02-02 Chesapeake
House subcommittee offered
2026-01-30 Chesapeake
Assigned HACNR sub: Chesapeake
2026-01-21 House
Presented and ordered printed 26105919D
2026-01-21 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Official Summary Text

Groundwater management areas; bioslurry injections in wells prohibited.
Prohibits any person from conducting any bioslurry injection, as defined in the bill, in any well that has been drilled through any portion of a groundwater management area declared by regulation prior to January 1, 2020. This bill is identical SB 784.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

An Act to amend and reenact §
45.2-1647
of the Code of Virginia, relating to groundwater management areas; bioslurry injections in wells prohibited.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §
45.2-1647
of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§
45.2-1647
. Hydraulic fracturing; bioslurry injections; groundwater management area.
A. For the purposes of this section, "bioslurry injection" means the underground injection of agricultural waste, food waste, manure, paper sludge, or sewage sludge.
B.
No person shall conduct any hydraulic fracturing
or bioslurry injection
in any well that has been drilled through any portion of a groundwater management area declared by regulation prior to January 1, 2020, pursuant to the provisions of the Ground Water Management Act of 1992 (§
62.1-254
et seq.). For purposes of this section, "hydraulic fracturing" means the treatment of a well by the application of hydraulic fracturing fluid, including a base fluid and any additive, under pressure for the express purpose of initiating or propagating fractures in a target geologic formation to enhance production of natural gas or oil.