Virginia Senate Bill 1012 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 6 2023 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2023-01-24 - Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (4-Y 10-N 1-A)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

State and local prohibition on single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products. Prohibits state agencies beginning July 1, 2024, from contracting for the purchase, sale, and distribution of (i) single-use plastic bags, cutlery, straws, or water bottles and (ii) single-use plastic food service containers and expanded polystyrene food service containers, except during a declared state of emergency. The bill directs the Department of General Services to post public notice of all prohibited goods on its public procurement website. The bill also authorizes any locality to prohibit by ordinance the purchase, sale, or provision, whether free or for a cost, of (a) single-use plastic bags, cutlery, straws, or water bottles and (b) single-use plastic food service containers and expanded polystyrene food service containers, with certain exceptions enumerated in the bill.

Single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; state and local prohibition.

Sen. John Edwards [D]

2023-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (4-Y 10-N 1-A) (Y: 4 N: 10 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-24	Senate	Failed to report (defeated) in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (4-Y 10-N 1-A)
2023-01-06	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2023-01-06	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101944D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	938.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
2	2	4326.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1012
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1012+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1012F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S01V0032+SB1012