Virginia House Bill 745 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Committee substitute posted to LIS only 24106693D-H1
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Mattress stewardship program established; civil penalty. Prohibits the disposal of a mattress, as defined in the bill, in a landfill or an incinerator beginning January 1, 2028, and requires producers of mattresses sold at retail in the Commonwealth or a representative organization acting on a producer's behalf to submit a plan for the establishment of a mattress stewardship program. Such mattress stewardship program plan shall establish an assessment for all mattresses sold in the Commonwealth and a network of convenient and free collection sites for postconsumer mattresses, defined in the bill, that will facilitate higher rates of recycling and materials recovery for postconsumer mattresses. The bill establishes annual reporting requirements for mattress producers or representative organizations and establishes a Mattress Stewardship Program Advisory Board to advise on the proper implementation and sustainability of the mattress stewardship program. The bill also establishes the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Quality as they relate to the bill and civil penalties for improper mattress disposal and violations of the mattress stewardship program.

Mattress stewardship program; established, report, civil penalty.

Del. Amy Laufer [D]

Del. Nadarius Clark [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-07	House	Committee substitute posted to LIS only 24106693D-H1
2024-02-07	House	Continued to 2025 with substitute in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2024-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
2024-01-23	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
2024-01-19	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-01-19	House	Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
2024-01-09	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2024-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100377D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1425.40	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1425.46	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB745
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB745+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB745H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24106693D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+HB745F122+PDF