Virginia Senate Joint Resolution 265 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2018 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-01 - Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; reduction of the minimum recycling rate for municipal solid waste generated within a solid waste planning unit; report. Requests the Secretary of Commerce and Trade and the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretaries) to jointly study a reduction of the minimum recycling rate for municipal solid waste generated within a solid waste planning unit. In conducting its study, the Secretaries are to (i) investigate the impact that China's reduced recyclable material contamination acceptance rate has had and is currently having on solid waste planning units in the Commonwealth; (ii) analyze the effect on the Commonwealth of reducing the minimum required recycling rate for solid waste planning units, including impacts to landfills, localities, ecosystems, and the economy; and (iii) propose one or more solutions to assist solid waste planning units and the Commonwealth as a whole, including recommending a specific reduction of the minimum recycling rate for municipal solid waste generated within a solid waste planning unit.

Municipal solid waste generated within a solid waste planning unit; reduction of recycling rate.

Sen. Louise Lucas [D]

Sen. Rosalyn Dance [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-01	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Rules by voice vote
2018-12-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rules
2018-12-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19101324D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+SJ265
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+SJ265+hil