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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Litter taxes; increases annual amount of tax."
+description: "Litter taxes; amount of tax. Increases the annual litter tax from $10 to $20 and the additional annual litter tax from $15 to $30. Both taxes are imposed on manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers of certain products; however, the additional tax applies to fewer businesses."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1154"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1154 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-01-07"
+last_action: "2020-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7006eaf1-6805-48ff-b1a8-c93cb0d830c2"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1154"
+source_hash: "d7d28a31a24b0a9d4b34372525356e81a3e3e8b29f7e869651a8988ce47e7eed"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1154 (2020) — Litter taxes; increases annual amount of tax.
+
+Litter taxes; amount of tax. Increases the annual litter tax from $10 to $20 and the additional annual litter tax from $15 to $30. Both taxes are imposed on manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers of certain products; however, the additional tax applies to fewer businesses.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0782)
+2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1154ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1154ER)
+3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1154)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1154)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — **53–46** (pass) · lower
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
+- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N 2-A) — **13–1** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N) — **49–47** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101682D `introduction`
+- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-29** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (HB1154)
+- **2020-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
+- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
+- **2020-02-10** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
+- **2020-02-10** Passed by for the day
+- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
+- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
+- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
+- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
+- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
+- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
+- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (HB1154ER)
+- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
+- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
+- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
+- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 782 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7006eaf1-6805-48ff-b1a8-c93cb0d830c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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