2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

SB923: Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited.

Legislative Summary

Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited. Prohibits the Department of Environmental Quality from issuing a Virginia Water Protection Permit for a surface water withdrawal if more than five percent of the nonconsumptive volume of such withdrawal will be returned to a different major river basin, as defined in the bill. The bill clarifies that such prohibition does not apply to any lawful withdrawal in existence on July 1, 2025.

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Bill History

1/6/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101113D
Senate
1/6/2025
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Senate
1/21/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923)
Senate
1/28/2025
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Senate
1/28/2025
Committee substitute printed 25106156D-S1
Senate
1/30/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB923)
Senate
2/5/2025
Left in Finance and Appropriations
Senate

Roll Call Votes

Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
1/28/2025
14
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/6/2025)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance and Appropriations(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Comm Sub
Bill Text1/29/202513.6 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/28/202513.5 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/6/202512.3 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/30/2025122.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/21/2025103.5 KB