Virginia House Bill 534 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on April 10 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1022)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizes any county or city, beginning no earlier than January 1, 2021, to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposable plastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. The bill allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain a portion of the five-cent tax and provides that the revenue accruing to the county or city shall be used for certain purposes, including environmental cleanup and the provision of reusable bags. The measure authorizes the Tax Commissioner to administer the tax.

Disposable plastic bags; local tax.

Del. Betsy Carr [D]

Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

Del. Lee Ware [R]

2020-03-07 - Senate - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-03-05 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N 1-A) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (0-Y 93-N) (Y: 0 N: 93 NV: 7 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) (Y: 22 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: Passage #2 (52-Y 46-N) (Y: 52 N: 46 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-11 - House - House: VOTE: DEFEATED (50-Y 49-N) (Y: 50 N: 49 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) (Y: 13 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-10		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1022)
2020-04-10		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 1022 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-20		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-20	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-19	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-18	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-18	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB534ER)
2020-03-18	House	Enrolled
2020-03-07	Senate	Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
2020-03-05	House	VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
2020-03-05	House	Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
2020-03-05	House	Passed by temporarily
2020-03-05	House	Conference substitute printed 20109450D-H2
2020-03-05		Conference: Amended by conference committee
2020-02-27	Senate	Senators: Ebbin, McClellan, Vogel
2020-02-27	Senate	Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-02-27	House	Delegates: Carr, Lopez, Ware
2020-02-27	House	Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-27	House	House acceded to request
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-26	Senate	Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-26	House	VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 93-N)
2020-02-26	House	Senate substitute rejected by House 20108914D-S1 (0-Y 93-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N)
2020-02-26	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB534S1
2020-02-26	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 20108914D-S1
2020-02-26	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2020-02-26	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 20108914D-S1
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N)
2020-02-12	Senate	Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-12	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: Passage #2 (52-Y 46-N)
2020-02-11	House	Passed House (52-Y 46-N)
2020-02-11	House	Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
2020-02-11	House	Requires 51 affirmative votes for passage
2020-02-11	House	VOTE: DEFEATED (50-Y 49-N)
2020-02-11	House	Read third time and defeated by House (50-Y 49-N)
2020-02-10	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB534H1
2020-02-10	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20107686D-H1
2020-02-10	House	Read second time
2020-02-07	House	Passed by for the day
2020-02-06	House	Read first time
2020-02-05	House	Committee substitute printed 20107686D-H1
2020-02-05	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N)
2020-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
2020-01-30	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
2020-01-29	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-29	House	Referred from Finance by voice vote
2020-01-05	House	Referred to Committee on Finance
2020-01-05	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101570D

SB11 (Same As) 2020-04-10 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1023)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
58	1	3835	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB534
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534H2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1022+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0103V0034+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0159+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0893+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0785+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0404+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0534+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1065HB0534+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1414+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1120HB0534+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1908+HB0534
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1740HB0534+HB0534