Virginia House Bill 2095 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-05 - Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
Pending: House Counties, Cities and Towns Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Local prohibition on single use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizes a locality to prohibit by ordinance the purchase, sale, or provision, whether free or for a cost, of certain single use products that are not recyclable or compostable and for which there is a suitable and cost-effective compostable or recyclable alternative product available, with certain exceptions. The bill also authorizes any county or city to impose a five-cent per bag tax on disposable plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. The bill directs revenue from the local tax to be used by the county or city imposing the tax for litter control and stormwater management. The bill allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax if the tax is paid in a timely manner.

Local prohibition on single use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local tax.

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Debra Rodman [D]
Del. Marcus Simon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-05	House	Left in Counties, Cities and Towns
2019-01-18	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2019-01-18	House	Referred from Rules by voice vote
2019-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2019-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19102821D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	938.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
58	1	3835	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2095
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2095+hil