2026 SESSION

INTRODUCED

26102596D

SENATE BILL NO. 131

Offered January 14, 2026

Prefiled January 6, 2026

A BILL to require the State Board of Health to amend regulations for permanent pump and haul of sewage; agritourism.

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Patron—Craig

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Referred to Committee on Education and Health

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. That the State Board of Health shall amend 12VAC5-610-599 of the Virginia Administrative Code, Permanent pumping and hauling, to exempt the pumping and hauling of sewage associated with an agritourism activity, as that term is defined in § 3.2-6400 of the Code of Virginia, from the prohibition on pumping and hauling sewage on a permanent basis unless done under the auspices and supervision of a government entity.