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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Bath County; fee for solid waste disposal."
+description: "Fee for solid waste disposal; Bath County. Adds Bath County to the list of counties that may by ordinance, and after a public hearing, levy a fee for the management of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in removing and disposing of solid waste. The bill also grants Bath County various powers with regard to collection of the fee, including to levy penalties and interest for late payment and unpaid fees, to require payment of the fee prior to approval of certain land use applications, and to provide discounts to the standard fee rates for certain older and disabled persons. This bill is identical to HB 32."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 294"
+citation: "Virginia SB 294 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["R. Creigh Deeds"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2022-01-11"
+last_action: "2022-04-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ee5d907-9f6d-4f4c-9125-bcf68d4f737e"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB294"
+source_hash: "7d521fdbaa31c7bb90777901aeafccbf592f863cf3f5ce454f846862490f3c56"
+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 SB 294 (2022) — Bath County; fee for solid waste disposal.
+
+Fee for solid waste disposal; Bath County. Adds Bath County to the list of counties that may by ordinance, and after a public hearing, levy a fee for the management of solid waste not to exceed the actual cost incurred by the county in removing and disposing of solid waste. The bill also grants Bath County various powers with regard to collection of the fee, including to levy penalties and interest for late payment and unpaid fees, to require payment of the fee prior to approval of certain land use applications, and to provide discounts to the standard fee rates for certain older and disabled persons. This bill is identical to HB 32.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **CHAP0348** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0348)
+2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100025D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB294)
+3. **SB294ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB294ER)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Reported from Local Government (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) — **29–11** (pass) · upper
+- VOTE: Passage (92-Y 8-N) — **91–8** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- R. Creigh Deeds — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100025D `introduction`
+- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-17** Reported from Local Government (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-18** Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
+- **2022-01-19** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-20** Read third time and passed Senate (29-Y 11-N) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-02** Impact statement from DHCD/CLG (SB294)
+- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
+- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-25** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2022-03-01** Read second time `reading-2`
+- **2022-03-02** Passed by for the day
+- **2022-03-03** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2022-03-03** Passed House (92-Y 8-N) `passage`
+- **2022-03-03** VOTE: Passage (92-Y 8-N)
+- **2022-03-08** Enrolled
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by President
+- **2022-03-08** Signed by Speaker
+- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
+- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
+- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 348 (effective 7/1/22) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ee5d907-9f6d-4f4c-9125-bcf68d4f737e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+