---
type: "Bill"
title: "Litter tax; adds $100 to the existing penalty for delinquency."
description: "Litter tax; penalty. Adds $100 to the existingpenalty for litter tax delinquency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 502"
citation: "Virginia HB 502 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-03"
last_action: "2020-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd150e92-2480-4a0d-9610-8756a106394d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB502"
source_hash: "7fe7c0f35e887fc78cc1bfec810514b695b17f005e6a4ad0127723096965a480"
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 502 (2020) — Litter tax; adds $100 to the existing penalty for delinquency.

Litter tax; penalty. Adds $100 to the existingpenalty for litter tax delinquency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0468)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0468)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB502ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB502ER)
3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB502)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB502)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-A) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (56-Y 39-N) — **55–39** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — **26–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101677D `introduction`
- **2020-01-03** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (HB502)
- **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 (56-Y 39-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (56-Y 39-N)
- **2020-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-11** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N 1-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 (26-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (HB502ER)
- **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
- **2020-03-25** Approved by Governor-Chapter 468 (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/dd150e92-2480-4a0d-9610-8756a106394d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).