Virginia House Bill 1367 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 6 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2013-02-05 - Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Littering; cigarettes, civil penalty. Includes cigarettes specifically in the category of things deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash. The bill also provides that in lieu of the imposition of the Class 1 misdemeanor criminal penalty, the court may order the defendant to perform community service in litter abatement activities. If the offense involves a cigarette or cigarettes, the court shall order the payment of a $100 civil penalty payable to the Litter Control and Recycling Fund established in §10.1-1422.01 in addition to the imposition of such community service.

Cigarettes; deemed litter for purposes of criminal punishment for improper disposal of trash.

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Left in Courts of Justice
2013-01-21	House	Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
2013-01-17	House	Assigned Courts sub: #1 Criminal
2013-01-15	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-15	House	Referred from Transportation by voice vote
2012-12-06	House	Referred to Committee on Transportation
2012-12-06	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101401D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
33	1	346	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1367
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1367+hil