Mercury thermostats; Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to encourage recycling. (HB326)

Introduced By

Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston)

Progress

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

Description

Mercury thermostats recycling program.  Requires the Virginia Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to encourage the recycling of thermostats containing mercury. The bill also authorizes localities to prohibit the disposal of mercury thermostats in any privately operated landfill within its jurisdiction, so long as the locality has implemented a recycling program that is capable of handling all of the mercury thermostats within the jurisdiction. Currently, a similar program exists for the recycling of cathode ray tubes. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/11/2010Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10101383D
01/11/2010Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/20/2010Impact statement from DPB (HB326)
01/27/2010Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/28/2010Read first time
01/29/2010Read second time
01/29/2010Amendments by Delegate Plum agreed to
01/29/2010Engrossed by House as amended HB326E
01/29/2010Printed as engrossed 10101383D-E
02/01/2010Read third time and passed House (94-Y 2-N 1-A)
02/01/2010VOTE: --- PASSAGE (94-Y 2-N 1-A) (see vote tally)
02/02/2010Constitutional reading dispensed
02/02/2010Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
02/08/2010Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/09/2010Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2010Read third time
02/10/2010Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2010Impact statement from DPB (HB326E)
02/17/2010Enrolled
02/17/2010Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB326ER)
02/17/2010Impact statement from DPB (HB326ER)
02/17/2010Signed by Speaker
02/18/2010Signed by President
02/26/2010G Approved by Governor-Chapter 4 (effective 7/1/10)
02/26/2010G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0004)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 2 clips in all, totaling 55 seconds.