Paper and plastic bags; imposes fee of $0.05 on those used by purchasers to carry tangible property. (SB970)

Introduced By

Sen. Adam Ebbin (D-Alexandria)

Progress

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

Description

Paper and plastic bag fee. Imposes a fee of $0.05 on paper and plastic bags used by purchasers to carry tangible personal property from the place of purchase. Durable, reusable plastic bags and bags used for ice cream, meat, fish, poultry, leftover restaurant food, newspapers, dry cleaning, and prescription drugs are exempt from the fee. Retailers are allowed to retain $0.01 of the $0.05 fee or $0.02 if the retailer has a customer bag credit program. The revenues raised by the fee will be deposited in the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund. Failure to collect and remit the fee is punishable by fines of $250, $500, and $1,000 for the first, second, and third or subsequent offenses, respectively. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Failed

History

DateAction
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13
01/08/2013Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13101745D
01/08/2013Referred to Committee on Finance
01/13/2013Impact statement from TAX (SB970)
01/16/2013Committee substitute printed to Web only 13104101D-S1
01/16/2013Failed to report (defeated) in Finance (5-Y 9-N) (see vote tally)

Comments

stephen writes:

Sounds Like Adam Ebbin has exempt all the types of bags he might use.