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VA HB348

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/12/2026

Primary Sponsor

Ellen McLaughlin

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Origin

House of Delegates

2026 Regular Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Establishes the Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program to provide grants for purchasing, installing, and maintaining water filtration systems in private residential wells contaminated with PFAS and other harmful substances

  • Creates a special nonreverting fund in the state treasury to finance the program, with total annual operating costs capped at $3 million

  • Limits grants to 50% of filtration system costs, requiring applicants to demonstrate both drinking water contamination severity and economic need (defined as low-income or significant financial difficulty)

  • Requires filtration systems to be NSF International and ANSI certified to remove or reduce contaminants exceeding EPA maximum contaminant levels or health advisory levels

  • Directs the Board of Health to adopt regulations enabling use of eligible treatment systems, with the Department of Health administering the program and establishing application guidelines

Legislative Description

Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund; established.

Last Action

Left in Committee Appropriations

2/18/2026

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/18/2026
Appropriations: Health & Human Resources1/29/2026
Appropriations1/28/2026
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources: Chesapeake1/19/2026
Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources1/12/2026

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