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2026 Regular Session

HB4246

Waters and water rights; authorizing the Department of Environmental Quality to contract with certain parties; effective date.

Legislative progress

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Introduced in House February 2, 2026 House committee reassignment February 9, 2026 House committee passed February 18, 2026 House committee substitute March 4, 2026 House passed March 23, 2026 Sent to Senate March 24, 2026 Introduced in Senate March 24, 2026 Senate committee substitute April 9, 2026 Senate committee reassignment April 20, 2026

Recorded floor votes

6 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

February 17, 2026 · House

House: Utilities Committee: DO PASS

Passed

7 yea–0 nay

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March 4, 2026 · House

House: Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee: DO PASS

Passed

11 yea–1 nay

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March 4, 2026 · House

House: Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee: DO PASS AS AMENDED BY CS

Passed

11 yea–1 nay

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March 23, 2026 · House

House: THIRD READING

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

89 yea–4 nay · 6 absent

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April 9, 2026 · Senate

Senate: Energy Committee: DO PASS AMENDED

Passed

10 yea–0 nay

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April 9, 2026 · Senate

Senate: Energy Committee: DO PASS AMENDED CS

Passed

10 yea–0 nay

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Committee referrals

April 1, 2026 · Senate

Energy

February 3, 2026 · House

Rules

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. Senate Placed on General Order
  2. Senate Withdrawn from Appropriations committee
  3. Senate Referred to Appropriations
  4. Senate Reported Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy committee; CR filed
  5. Senate Second Reading referred to Energy Committee then to Appropriations Committee
  6. Senate First Reading
  7. House Engrossed, signed, to Senate
  8. House Referred for engrossment
  9. House Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 89 Nays: 4 View roll call
  10. House General Order
  11. House CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Energy and Natural Resources Oversight Committee
  12. House Authored by Senator Green (principal Senate author)
  13. House Policy recommendation to the Energy and Natural Resources Oversight committee; Do Pass Utilities
  14. House Referred to Utilities
  15. House Referred to Energy and Natural Resources Oversight
  16. House Withdrawn from Rules Committee
  17. House Second Reading referred to Rules
  18. House Authored by Representative Kannady
  19. House First Reading
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