Proposed Plastic Legislation

Sierra Club Position Bill # Patron Committee Bill Description Link to LIS Lead Organization VCN Position Link to Talking Points
        Litter        
Oppose HB302 McNamara ACNR Litter tax. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB302   Oppose  
Support HB502 Krizek Finance Litter tax; adds $100 to the existing penalty for delinquency. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB502   Support  
support HB1154 Lopez Finance Litter taxes; amount of tax. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1154      
Support HB507 Guy ACNR-NR Release of balloons prohibited; civil penalty. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB507   Support http://www.vcnva.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/HB-507-1.pdf
rec remove support HB1190 Poindexter Courts:Criminal Throwing or depositing certain materials or substances on land used for agricultural purposes. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1190      
Support HJ89 Krizek Rules Study; economic and environmental impacts of litter on fishing, farming, habitat, organisms. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HJ89      
  SB318 Kiggans Rptd from ACNR 7-5-2 Balloons; reduces the number per hour that a person may release. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB318      
                 
        Single Use Plastics        
* HB533 Carr ACNR-NR Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition on dispensing, civil penalty. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB533 LCV Support  
* HB534 Carr Finance Disposable plastic bag; local tax. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB534      
* HB1046 Krizek ACNR-NR Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1046      
Support HB1085 Hayes killed in comm Public schools; potable water. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1085      
Support SB299 Stanley E&H Potable water; purified water bottle filling station. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB299      
* HB1151 Lopez Finance Single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local prohibition, local tax. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1151      
* HB1347 Plum ACNR Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition on dispensing, civil penalty. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1347      
  HB1354 Plum GL Plastic Pollution Prevention Advisory Council; established. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1354      
* SB11 Ebbin Finance Disposable paper and plastic bags; local taxation per bag when provided to consumers. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB11      
* SB26 Petersen Finance Plastic bags; tax in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB26      
* SB193 Favola LG Single-use plastic and expanded polystyrene products; local prohibition; local tax https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB193      
* SB198 Locke LG Disposable plastic shopping bags; local option https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB198