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HB1902

Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition, civil penalty.

Status:
Passed

Chief Patron:
Betsy Carr (D)

Session:
2021 Regular Session

Summary

As Passed Both Chambers. 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. (Less)
  • Bill History

  • 01/08/2021 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100816D
  • 01/08/2021 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  • 01/13/2021 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (15-Y 7-N)
  • 01/15/2021 - House: Read first time
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1902)
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Read second time
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Amendment by Delegate Carr agreed to
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Engrossed by House as amended HB1902E
  • 01/18/2021 - House: Printed as engrossed 21100816D-E
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1902E)
  • 01/19/2021 - House: Read third time and passed House (58-Y 40-N)
  • 01/19/2021 - House: VOTE: Passage (58-Y 40-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 01/20/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 01/20/2021 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
  • 02/05/2021 - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
  • 02/16/2021 - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N)
  • 02/17/2021 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/18/2021 - Senate: Passed by for the day
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Read third time
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Amendments by Senator Petersen agreed to
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (21-Y 16-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/19/2021 - House: Senate amendments rejected by House (1-Y 93-N)
  • 02/19/2021 - House: VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 93-N)
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Senate insisted on amendments (37-Y 0-N)
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
  • 02/19/2021 - House: House acceded to request
  • 02/19/2021 - House: Conferees appointed by House
  • 02/19/2021 - House: Delegates: Carr, Lopez, Ware
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 02/19/2021 - Senate: Senators: Marsden, Petersen, Stuart
  • 02/24/2021 - Conference: Amended by conference committee
  • 02/24/2021 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 15-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/24/2021 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (57-Y 39-N)
  • 02/24/2021 - House: VOTE: Agreed To (57-Y 39-N)   Close Floor Vote
  • 02/26/2021 - House: Enrolled
  • 02/26/2021 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1902ER)
  • 02/26/2021 - House: Signed by Speaker
  • 02/27/2021 - Senate: Signed by President
  • 03/01/2021 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1902ER)
  • 03/01/2021 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 1, 20201
  • 03/01/2021 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
  • 03/18/2021 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/21)
  • 03/18/2021 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)