Virginia House Bill 1902 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the dispensing by a food vendor of prepared food to a customer in a single-use expanded polystyrene food service container, as defined in the bill. The bill requires certain chain restaurants to stop using such containers by July 1, 2023, and sets the date for compliance by all food vendors as July 1, 2025. The bill provides a process by which a locality may grant consecutive one-year exemptions to individual food vendors on the basis of undue economic hardship. The bill provides a civil penalty of not more than $50 for each day of violation, to be collected in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or the relevant locality. The penalties collected are to be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund or to the treasury of the relevant locality, as appropriate. A portion of the penalties deposited in the Fund are to be used for public information campaigns to discourage the sale and use of expanded polystyrene products. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to post to its website information on compliance and the filing of complaints. Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the dispensing by a food vendor of prepared food to a customer in a single-use expanded polystyrene food service container, as defined in the bill. The bill requires certain chain restaurants to stop using such containers by July 1, 2023, and sets the date for compliance by all food vendors as July 1, 2025. The bill provides a process by which a locality may grant consecutive one-year exemptions to individual food vendors on the basis of undue economic hardship. The bill provides a civil penalty of not more than $50 for each day of violation, to be collected in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or the relevant locality. The penalties collected are to be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund or to the treasury of the relevant locality, as appropriate. A portion of the penalties deposited in the Fund are to be used for public information campaigns to discourage the sale and use of expanded polystyrene products. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to post to its website information on compliance and the filing of complaints.

Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition, civil penalty.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]	Del. Kaye Kory [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Kathleen Murphy [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Lee Ware [R]

2021-02-24 - House - House: VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 39-N) (Y: 57 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2021-02-24 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N) (Y: 24 N: 15 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 93-N) (Y: 1 N: 93 NV: 0 Abs: 6) [FAIL]
2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 16-N) (Y: 21 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) (Y: 8 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-19 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) (Y: 58 N: 40 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-13 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) (Y: 15 N: 7 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-03-01		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-03-01	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
2021-02-27	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-26	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-26	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1902ER)
2021-02-26	House	Enrolled
2021-02-24	House	VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 39-N)
2021-02-24	House	Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 39-N)
2021-02-24	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N)
2021-02-24		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2021-02-19	Senate	Senators: Marsden, Petersen, Stuart
2021-02-19	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2021-02-19	House	Delegates: Carr, Lopez, Ware
2021-02-19	House	Conferees appointed by House
2021-02-19	House	House acceded to request
2021-02-19	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2021-02-19	Senate	Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N)
2021-02-19	House	VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 93-N)
2021-02-19	House	Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 93-N)
2021-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 16-N)
2021-02-19	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2021-02-19	Senate	Amendments by Senator Petersen agreed to
2021-02-19	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2021-02-19	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2021-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-18	Senate	Passed by for the day
2021-02-18	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-17	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2021-01-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-19	House	VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)
2021-01-19	House	Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N)
2021-01-18	House	Printed as engrossed 21100816D-E
2021-01-18	House	Engrossed by House as amended HB1902E
2021-01-18	House	Amendment by Delegate Carr agreed to
2021-01-18	House	Read second time
2021-01-15	House	Read first time
2021-01-13	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
2021-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2021-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100816D

HB1902 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
10	1	1414	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1422.01	(n/a)	See Bill Text
10	1	1424.3	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1902
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1902+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1902E+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1902ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0262+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1902AH
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1902AS
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1902ASE
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+amd+HB1902AC
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1902F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1902FE122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB1902FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H01C0025+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC0970+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01C0065+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01V0007+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0114HB1902+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0239HB1902+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1793+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0248HB1902+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0391HB1902+HB1902
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HV1953+HB1902