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SB392 • 2026

Site cleanup guidelines; residential property and other buildings used for illicit drugs.

<p class=ldtitle>A BILL to amend and reenact § 32.1-11.7 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Health; site cleanup guidelines; other illicit drugs.</p>

Enacted

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

Sponsor
Jordan
Last action
2026-03-09
Official status
Continued
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify if the Department of Environmental Quality or other entities are required to collaborate in creating the guidelines.

Site Cleanup Rules for Illicit Drug Manufacturing

This law directs the Board of Health to create rules for cleaning up houses and buildings that were used to make illegal drugs, including those beyond methamphetamine.

What This Bill Does

  • The Board of Health must establish guidelines for cleaning up residential properties and other buildings formerly used to manufacture illicit drugs.
  • These guidelines will help ensure that these places are safe after they have been cleaned.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who live near or own property that was used for making illegal drugs
  • The Board of Health

Terms To Know

Illicit Drugs
Drugs that are made, sold, or bought illegally.
Remediation
The process of cleaning up a place to make it safe and usable again.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear when the guidelines will be ready.
  • The bill does not specify how much money will be used for cleanup efforts.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-09 Appropriations

    Continued to 2027 in Appropriations (Voice Vote)

  2. 2026-02-26 Health & Human Resources

    Assigned HAPP sub: Health & Human Resources

  3. 2026-02-26 Health and Human Services

    Reported from Health and Human Services and referred to Appropriations (21-Y 0-N)

  4. 2026-02-24 Health

    Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)

  5. 2026-02-16 Health

    Assigned sub: Health

  6. 2026-02-06 House

    Placed on Calendar

  7. 2026-02-06 Health and Human Services

    Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

  8. 2026-02-06 House

    Read first time

  9. 2026-02-05 Education and Health

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB392)

  10. 2026-02-03 Senate

    Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A)

  11. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Read second time

  12. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  13. 2026-02-02 Education and Health

    Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)

  14. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  15. 2026-01-30 Senate

    Rules suspended

  16. 2026-01-30 Senate

    Passed by for the day

  17. 2026-01-30 Senate

    Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

  18. 2026-01-30 Senate

    Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)

  19. 2026-01-30 Education and Health

    Committee substitute printed 26106411D-S1

  20. 2026-01-29 Education and Health

    Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)

  21. 2026-01-29 Senate

    Senate committee offered

  22. 2026-01-27 Health

    Assigned Education sub: Health

  23. 2026-01-27 Health

    Senate subcommittee offered

  24. 2026-01-26 Senate

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB392)

  25. 2026-01-13 Senate

    Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103152D

  26. 2026-01-13 Education and Health

    Referred to Committee on Education and Health

Official Summary Text

Board of Health; site cleanup guidelines; other illicit drugs
.
Directs the Board of Health to establish guidelines for the cleanup of residential property and other sites formerly used to manufacture illicit drugs. Under current law, the Board of Health is only required to establish such guidelines for sites formerly used to manufacture methamphetamine.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL NO. 392

AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE

(Proposed by the Senate Committee on Education and Health

on January 29, 2026)

(Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Jordan)

A BILL to amend and reenact §
32.1-11.7
of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Health; site cleanup guidelines; other illicit drugs.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §
32.1-11.7
of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§
32.1-11.7
. Guidelines for cleanup of residential property used to manufacture methamphetamine or other illicit drugs.

The Board, in consultation with the Department of Environmental Quality and other relevant entities, shall establish guidelines for the cleanup of residential property and other buildings formerly used as sites to manufacture methamphetamine
or other illicit drugs
to certify that
the methamphetamine level at such property is at or below the post cleanup target
remediation was successfully performed
.
Such guidelines shall be updated regularly.