Virginia House Bill 228 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-30 - Continued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
Pending: House Labor and Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; recycling information on products. Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any product that indicates on the product's container or packaging that such container or packaging is recyclable unless such container or packaging is made out of a material that is recyclable under a majority of regional and local waste management plans. The bill requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to maintain a list of all materials that are recyclable under a majority of regional and local waste management plans adopted in the Commonwealth and to make such list available on the Department of Environmental Quality's website. Virginia Consumer Protection Act; recycling information on products. Prohibits the sale or offering for sale of any product that indicates on the product's container or packaging that such container or packaging is recyclable unless such container or packaging is made out of a material that is recyclable under a majority of regional and local waste management plans. The bill requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to maintain a list of all materials that are recyclable under a majority of regional and local waste management plans adopted in the Commonwealth and to make such list available on the Department of Environmental Quality's website.

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; recycling information on products.

Del. Joshua Cole [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2024-01-25 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N) (Y: 5 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-30	House	Continued to 2025 in Labor and Commerce by voice vote
2024-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2024-01-25	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
2024-01-16	House	Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
2024-01-04	House	Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
2024-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101723D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB228
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB228+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB228F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H1402V0010+HB0228