---
type: "Bill"
title: "Litter tax; penalty for failure to timely pay."
description: "Litter tax; penalty for failure to timely pay."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1645"
citation: "Virginia HB 1645 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-08"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/192f4d40-6138-4c28-8b1d-e8550f587f0e"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1645"
source_hash: "382543c39aba973851bdc13ecab2ddee3a9410eb5b5190362726fccab6229a96"
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 1645 (2023) — Litter tax; penalty for failure to timely pay.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0251** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0251)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105259D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1645H1)
3. **HB1645ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1645ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100478D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1645)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23100478D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-08** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21** Impact statement from TAX (HB1645)
- **2023-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105259D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105259D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1645H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (72-Y 26-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (72-Y 26-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02** Impact statement from TAX (HB1645H1)
- **2023-02-08** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-10** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1645ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-14** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-17** Impact statement from TAX (HB1645ER)
- **2023-02-27** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 251 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0251)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/192f4d40-6138-4c28-8b1d-e8550f587f0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).