VA SB886 | 2015 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2015 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2015-01-21 - Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Summary

Plastic bag tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Imposes a five-cent bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by certain retailers in localities located wholly within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed and directs revenues to be used to support the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan. The bill also allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax.

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Title

Plastic bags; tax imposed in Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2015-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N) (Y: 14 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2015-01-21SenatePassed by indefinitely in Finance (14-Y 1-N)
2015-01-07SenateReferred to Committee on Finance
2015-01-07SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/15 15100881D

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
5813835(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources


Bill Comments

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