Current Policy (7 bills in 1 state) Adopted Policy (6 bills in 1 state) Toxic / Issue (Show All) BPA, Phthalates, and Chemicals Used in Plastic Cadmium Chemical Prioritization / Disclosure / Phase-out Chemicals used in Cleaning, Cosmetics and Construction Crumb Rubber Food Packaging Formaldehyde Heavy Metals Lead Mercury PFAS Plastics Toxic Chemicals General Toxic Flame Retardants Trichloroethylene Triclosan State (Show All) Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana National Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Hide Map Show Map State: Virginia Virginia Toxic Chemicals General, Plastics H.B.1721: Establishes a work group to study the occurrence of microplastics in public drinking water. Requires the work group to report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committees on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and Health, Welfare and Institutions and the Senate Committees on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and Education and Health by December 1, 2023. Virginia Toxic Chemicals General, Plastics S.B. 1012: Prohibits state agencies from contracting or purchasing single-use plastics and expanded polystyrene products. Virginia Toxic Chemicals General, Plastics S.B. 933: Authorizes a locality to prohibit by ordinance the purchase, sale, or provision, whether free or for a cost, of any single-use plastic carrier bag that is not recyclable from grocery stores, retail stores, and convenience stores. Virginia PFAS S.B. 800: Budget bill. Provides $320,000 for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to conduct ambient surface water and groundwater surveillance for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Virginia PFAS H.B. 1855: Prohibits the sale, offering for sale, or manufacturing for sale of a children's products that contain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Virginia PFAS S.B.1013: Requires a waterworks owner to notify customers when a water quality analysis reveals that perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are present in the water supply or when a contaminant in the water supply exceeds maximum contaminant levels established in state or federal regulations, whichever is more stringent. Virginia PFAS HB 1011: Directs the Commissioner of Health to convene a workgroup to study the occurrence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water in the Commonwealth. Virginia PFAS HB 1257: Requires Department of Health to set Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFAS and other chemicals in drinking water. (Adopted in 2020) Virginia PFAS HB 586: Tasks Commissioner of Health to convene work group to study occurrence of PFAS in state drinking water and develop recommendations for Maximum Contaminant Levels. (Adopted in 2020) Virginia PFAS H.B. 2189: Requires industrial users of publicly owned treatment works that receive and clean, repair, refurbish, or process items that contain PFAS to test waste streams for PFAS prior to and after cleaning, repairing, refurbishing, or processing such items. (Adopted in 2023) Virginia Mercury , Heavy Metals HB 447: Requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to adopt regulations concerning the mercury switches from by vehicle demolishers. Requires every person disposing of a motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer to certify that before demolition, a good faith effort was made to remove mercury switches. Requires manufacturers to provide for a method for storing, shipping, recycling, or disposing of mercury switches removed from vehicles manufactured by them. (Adopted in 2006) Virginia Mercury , Heavy Metals HB 326: Requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to encourage the recycling of thermostats containing mercury, cathode ray tubes, and electronics products. Allows any locality to prohibit the disposal of thermostats containing mercury or cathode ray tubes in any waste-to-energy or solid waste disposal facility. (Adopted in 2010) Virginia PFAS HB 919: Requires the Board of Health to adopt maximum contaminant levels in all water supplies and waterworks in the Commonwealth for perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and for such other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. (Adopted in 2022)
