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HB1673

Plastic bag tax; use of revenues.

Status:
Consolidated

Chief Patron:
Lee Ware (R)

Session:
2020 Regular Session

Summary

As Introduced. Plastic bag tax; use of revenues.

Allows localities to impose a five-cent ($0.05) per bag tax on plastic bags provided to customers by retailers in grocery stores, convenience stores, or drugstores in the Commonwealth. The bill also (i) requires every retailer to provide recycling receptacles at its place of business for such disposable plastic bags and (ii) allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain one cent ($0.01) of every five cents ($0.05) collected. The tax is to be administered in the same manner as the retail sales and use tax, and all revenues from the tax shall be deposited in equal sums into the Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund and the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The bill was incorporated into HB 1151. (Less)

  • Bill History

  • 01/17/2020 - House: Presented and ordered printed 20104420D
  • 01/17/2020 - House: Referred to Committee on Finance
  • 01/29/2020 - House: Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3
  • 01/30/2020 - House: Impact statement from TAX (HB1673)
  • 01/31/2020 - House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1151-Lopez)
  • 02/05/2020 - House: Incorporated by Finance (HB1151-Lopez)

Full text and vote history:

Virginia Legislative Information System

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