Waste Management Plan; requires Department of Environmental Quality to prepare. (SB930)

Introduced By

Sen. Patsy Ticer (D-Alexandria)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Virginia Waste Management Plan. Requires the Department of Environmental Quality to prepare a statewide waste management plan that includes: (i) measurable waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates on a per capita basis over a 20-year period with interim goals set at five-year intervals; (ii) procedures by which waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates may be examined periodically to reflect changing circumstances such as new technologies; (iii) prioritized strategies to achieve waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates; (iv) mechanisms to evaluate the efficiency and success of such strategies that have been adopted; and (v) recommendations for legislative changes needed to implement the waste reduction goals and minimum recycling rates set forth in the plan. The plan will be developed in consultation with affected stakeholders and submitted to the General Assembly no later than January 1, 2010. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/05/2009Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 093068336
01/05/2009Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
01/30/2009Impact statement from DPB (SB930)
02/02/2009Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/02/2009Committee substitute printed 093140336-S1
02/03/2009Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/04/2009Read second time
02/04/2009Reading of substitute waived
02/04/2009Committee substitute agreed to 093140336-S1
02/04/2009Reading of amendments waived
02/04/2009Amendments by Senator Ticer agreed to
02/04/2009Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute with amendments SB930ES1
02/04/2009Printed as engrossed 093140336-ES1
02/05/2009Impact statement from DPB (SB930ES1)
02/05/2009Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2009Impact statement from DPB (SB930ES1)
02/13/2009Placed on Calendar
02/13/2009Read first time
02/13/2009Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
02/18/2009Committee substitute printed 093148336-H1
02/18/2009Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/18/2009Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/19/2009Assigned App. sub: Economic Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources(Cox)
02/20/2009Subcommittee recommends laying on the table
02/28/2009Left in Appropriations

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 2 minutes.