HB 496 — Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, etc., purposes, data centers.
VA 20261 session
Certain data from water users; water use consumption for domestic, commercial, and industrial purposes and from data centers. Requires any water user required to register water withdrawal and use data to the State Water Control Board that provides water to another person offsite to include in its report, submitted on its regular reporting schedule, the total volume of potable water and, reported separately, the total volume of reclaimed water, as defined in the bill, provided during each month for each of the following categories: (i) a data center with an air permit issued by the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) to the extent available without utility billing system modifications, (a) domestic purposes, (b) commercial and industrial purposes, separately or combined as available, and (c) all other non-categorized purposes. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 553.
Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter
Sponsors (10)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, VA) — sponsor
- Shelly A. Simonds (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Jessica L. Anderson (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nadarius E. Clark (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Joshua G. Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Nicole Cole (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Amy J. Laufer (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Sam Rasoul (D, VA) — cosponsor
- Charlie Schmidt (D, VA) — cosponsor
Action timeline (52)
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Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth R. Guzman (D, state_lower VA) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Amy J. Laufer (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Charlie Schmidt (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Destiny LeVere Bolling (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | Jessica L. Anderson (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | Joshua G. Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Nadarius E. Clark (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Nicole Cole (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Sam Rasoul (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Shelly A. Simonds (D, state_lower VA) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no