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VA HB1381

Bill

Status

Enrolled

3/4/2026

Primary Sponsor

Robert Bloxom

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits bioslurry injections in any well drilled through groundwater management areas that were declared by regulation prior to January 1, 2020

  • Defines "bioslurry injection" as underground injection of agricultural waste, food waste, manure, paper sludge, or sewage sludge

  • Amends existing law that already prohibited hydraulic fracturing in these protected groundwater management areas to add bioslurry injections to the prohibition

  • Applies to groundwater management areas established under the Ground Water Management Act of 1992 (§ 62.1-254 et seq.)

Legislative Description

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

Last Action

Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026

3/10/2026

Committee Referrals

Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources2/11/2026
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Chesapeake1/30/2026
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources1/21/2026

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