Virginia packaging and PFAS laws

What Virginia has enacted on packaging and PFAS, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Virginia is one of 21 states that enacted a packaging and PFAS law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

14 new Virginia laws take effect in 2027

Bills in scope
13bills in scope
Past committee
8past committee
Most recent action
13 April 2026most recent action

Packaging and PFAS laws enacted in Virginia

6 packaging and PFAS laws enacted in the Virginia Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

  • HB 122Cosmetic products; manufacturing or sale with certain ingredients prohibited.Took effect 1 July 2026

    What it requires: No person shall manufacture, sell, deliver, offer for sale, or use in connection with a consumer transaction any cosmetic product containing twelve categories of intentionally added ingredients including dibutyl phthalate, formaldehyde, mercury, certain parabens, phenylenediamines, and specified PFAS substances. Trace quantities from manufacturing impurities, process, storage, or packaging are excepted.

    PFAS bans in products

  • HB 1443Owners of sewage treatment works; land application, marketing, or distributing of sewage sludge.Enacted 13 April 2026

    What it requires: Beginning January 1, 2027, owners of sewage treatment works land applying, marketing, or distributing sewage sludge must collect monthly samples analyzed for PFAS using EPA Method 1633 or approved alternative, and provide results to the Department and persons land applying the sludge within 10 days. If PFOS or PFOA concentrations meet or exceed specified thresholds, owners must restrict land application or arrange alternative disposal.

    PFAS in water, land and health

  • HB 938Publicly owned treatment works; monitoring of PFAS.Enacted 13 April 2026

    What it requires: Publicly owned treatment works must require specified industrial users to self-report PFAS use and convey such information to the Department within 90 days of receipt. The Department must forward facility PFAS reports to relevant publicly owned treatment works within 30 days. Facilities must report PFAS manufacture or use within 90 days of Department direction.

    PFAS in water, land and health

  • SB 138PFAS monitoring; DEQ to require for industrial wastewater source, publicly owned treatment works.Took effect 1 July 2026

    What it requires: The Department of Environmental Quality must require owners or operators of specified industrial facilities and wastewater sources to perform quarterly PFAS discharge monitoring for one year if deemed potentially significant PFAS sources. Publicly owned treatment works must require their industrial users in specified categories to perform and report quarterly PFAS monitoring for one year and report results to the Department quarterly.

    PFAS in water, land and health

  • SB 293Richmond Internatl. Airport; discontinuing use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting materials, report.Enacted 6 April 2026

    What it requires: The Capital Region Airport Commission must develop a plan for discontinuing the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting materials at Richmond International Airport by January 1, 2030, and must complete the plan and provide a report to the Virginia Aviation Board no later than November 15, 2026.

    PFAS bans in products

  • HB 2050Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program; established.Took effect 1 July 2025

    What it requires: The owner or operator of facilities discharging industrial wastewater into the Occoquan Reservoir system must monitor for PFAS using EPA Method 1633 or an approved alternative beginning October 1, 2025, at least quarterly, and report results to the Department by the tenth day of the following month. Beginning July 1, 2028, PFAS discharge levels must not exceed the maximum contaminant level for PFAS in drinking water promulgated by January 1, 2025, measured on a running annual average.

    PFAS in water, land and health

Packaging and PFAS in Virginia, by topic

Packaging and PFAS bills in Virginia

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

6Enacted

1Cleared both chambers

1Past committee

5Introduced or inactive

13 bills in scope

Cleared both chambers

1

SB 1319Industrial wastewater; publicly owned treatment works.Vetoed

Past committee

1

HB 2300Drinking water; maximum contaminant levels, water treatment or filtration systems.Passed committee

What it would do: Establishes a Residential Well Water Testing and Treatment Program and Fund to provide grants up to 50 percent of costs for eligible drinking water treatment systems in private residential wells, with annual operating costs not exceeding $3 million.

Introduced or inactive

5

HB 880Biosolids; monitoring requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.In committee

What it would do: Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to amend regulations to mandate that owners of sewage treatment works sample and test sewage sludge for PFAS once a month, with results subject to existing reporting, compliance, and enforcement provisions.

HB 864Cosmetic products; manufacturing or sale with certain ingredients prohibited, definitions.In committee

What it would do: Prohibits manufacturing or selling cosmetic products containing twelve specified intentionally added ingredients including certain phthalates, formaldehyde derivatives, mercury, specific parabens, phenylenediamines, and PFAS compounds. Violations constitute prohibited practices under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

SB 11Expanded polystyrene food service containers; repeal of prohibition.In committee

What it would do: Repeals the prohibition on expanded polystyrene food service containers and removes civil penalties associated with that prohibition. Amends the Litter Control and Recycling Fund to remove references to those penalties and redirects up to five percent of fund moneys toward public information campaigns discouraging expanded polystyrene use.

HB 1662Sale and distribution of plastic carryout bags by grocery stores prohibited; civil penalty.In committee

What it would do: Prohibits grocery stores from selling or distributing plastic carryout bags to customers on or after January 1, 2027, unless exempt, and requires them to develop programs encouraging reusable bag use. Imposes civil penalties up to $500 for violations.

HB 228Virginia Consumer Protection Act; recycling information on products.In committee

Bill titles link to the Virginia Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as packaging and PFAS legislation

In scope: Packaging EPR; pFAS bans in products; pFAS in water, land and health; plastics bans and bottle deposits; and recyclability and labeling claims.

Questions

Does Virginia have a packaging and PFAS law?

Yes. Virginia enacted 6 packaging and PFAS laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 122, HB 1443 and HB 938. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Virginia's packaging and PFAS laws take effect?

HB 122 on 1 July 2026, SB 138 on 1 July 2026 and HB 2050 on 1 July 2025. The others have no single date in their text.

Which packaging and PFAS bills are moving in Virginia?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 1319 (vetoed) and HB 2300 (passed committee).

What does Virginia legislate on most in packaging and PFAS?

PFAS in water, land and health (7 bills), PFAS bans in products (3 bills) and Plastics bans and bottle deposits (2 bills).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Packaging and PFAS bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

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