Virginia House Joint Resolution 116 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; Department of Environmental Quality; Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to establish a Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force to study ways to increase waste diversion and recycling. The resolution requests that the Department work with stakeholders to develop recommendations to reduce waste at the source such as composting and recycling of organic material. It also requests that the Department study potential improvements in the goals and efficiency of the grant program funded by the Litter Control and Recycling Fund, which under current law is used to fund local litter prevention, recycling grants to localities, and statewide and regional litter prevention and recycling educational program grants. The Department shall (i) study methods of improving recycling, reducing waste, and diverting waste from landfills, (ii) develop recommendations to reduce waste at the source, such as composting and recycling of organic material, and (iii) consider whether current recycling rates required by Virginia law should be increased and whether state policy should be changed to give landfills a greater role in the management of organic material.

Waste Diversion and Recycling Task Force; DEQ to establish.

Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]

Del. Alfonso Lopez [D]

2020-02-07 - House - House: Reported from Rules with amendments (17-Y 0-N) (Y: 17 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-03 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 0-N) (Y: 4 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	Left in Appropriations
2020-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-07	House	Reported from Rules with amendments (17-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2020-02-03	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (4-Y 0-N)
2020-01-27	House	Assigned Rules sub: Studies
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2020-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104733D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HJ116
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HJ116+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H2001V0063+HJ0116
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H20V0072+HJ0116