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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 923: Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 923 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Virginia Water Protection Permit; interbasin transfers of water prohibited. Primary sponsor: Richard Stuart (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2025): Left in Finance and Appropriations.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Richard StuartPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

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

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source