---
type: "Bill"
title: "Disposing of litter; penalty."
description: "Disposing of litter; penalty. Increasesthe fine for dumping or disposing of litter, trash, or other unsightlymatter on public or private property from a minimum of $250 and amaximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $5,000. Thebill also increases the mandatory minimum period of community servicein lieu of confinement in jail from 10 hours to 40 hours."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1801"
citation: "Virginia HB 1801 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["James E. Edmunds, II"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 40
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd75df6d-2524-4d7f-92cb-45547345e079"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1801"
source_hash: "a599a758f55350c2d58a95b266b0e75ae97f434097dc9f4976e4a9e04930a88c"
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 1801 (2021) — Disposing of litter; penalty.

Disposing of litter; penalty. Increasesthe fine for dumping or disposing of litter, trash, or other unsightlymatter on public or private property from a minimum of $250 and amaximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $5,000. Thebill also increases the mandatory minimum period of community servicein lieu of confinement in jail from 10 hours to 40 hours.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0175** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0175)
2. **HB1801ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1801ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101638D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1801)
4. **Printed as engrossed 21101638D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1801E)

## Votes

- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 32-N) — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N) — **12–3** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) — **23–14** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (67-Y 31-N) — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N) — **18–20** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101638D `introduction`
- **2021-01-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-12** Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-19** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
- **2021-01-21** Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-26** Assigned Courts sub: Criminal `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB1801)
- **2021-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by House as amended HB1801E
- **2021-02-02** Printed as engrossed 21101638D-E
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Passage (67-Y 31-N)
- **2021-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-03** Passed House (65-Y 32-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 32-N)
- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1801E)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-11** Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Passed by for the day
- **2021-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled
- **2021-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB1801ER)
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- **2021-02-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd75df6d-2524-4d7f-92cb-45547345e079`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).