Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition, civil penalty. (HB1902)
Introduced By
Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond) with support from 8 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Kaye Kory (D-Falls Church), Del. Paul Krizek (D-Alexandria), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Lee Ware (R-Powhatan), Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the dispensing by a food vendor of prepared food to a customer in a single-use expanded polystyrene food service container, as defined in the bill. The bill requires certain chain restaurants to stop using such containers by July 1, 2023, and sets the date for compliance by all food vendors as July 1, 2025. The bill provides a process by which a locality may grant consecutive one-year exemptions to individual food vendors on the basis of undue economic hardship. The bill provides a civil penalty of not more than $50 for each day of violation, to be collected in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or the relevant locality. The penalties collected are to be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund or to the treasury of the relevant locality, as appropriate. A portion of the penalties deposited in the Fund are to be used for public information campaigns to discourage the sale and use of expanded polystyrene products. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to post to its website information on compliance and the filing of complaints. Read the Bill »
Status
03/18/2021: signed by governor
History
Date | Action |
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01/08/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100816D |
01/08/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
01/13/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
01/15/2021 | Read first time |
01/18/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1902) |
01/18/2021 | Read second time |
01/18/2021 | Amendment by Delegate Carr agreed to |
01/18/2021 | Engrossed by House as amended HB1902E |
01/18/2021 | Printed as engrossed 21100816D-E |
01/19/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1902E) |
01/19/2021 | Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N) |
01/19/2021 | VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N) (see vote tally) |
01/20/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
01/20/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/16/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) (see vote tally) |
02/17/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
02/18/2021 | Read third time |
02/18/2021 | Passed by for the day |
02/19/2021 | Read third time |
02/19/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
02/19/2021 | Reading of amendments waived |
02/19/2021 | Amendments by Senator Petersen agreed to |
02/19/2021 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
02/19/2021 | Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 16-N) |
02/19/2021 | Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 93-N) |
02/19/2021 | VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 93-N) |
02/19/2021 | Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N) |
02/19/2021 | Senate requested conference committee |
02/19/2021 | House acceded to request |
02/19/2021 | Conferees appointed by House |
02/19/2021 | Delegates: Carr, Lopez, Ware |
02/19/2021 | Conferees appointed by Senate |
02/19/2021 | Senators: Marsden, Petersen, Stuart |
02/24/2021 | C Amended by conference committee |
02/24/2021 | Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N) |
02/24/2021 | Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 39-N) |
02/24/2021 | VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 39-N) |
02/26/2021 | Enrolled |
02/26/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1902ER) |
02/26/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
02/27/2021 | Signed by President |
03/01/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1902ER) |
03/01/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201 |
03/01/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
03/18/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/21) |
03/18/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262) |