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Bill	Plastic Waste Prevention Advisory Council; established.	Plastic Waste Prevention Advisory Council. Establishes in the executive branch of state government the Plastic Waste Prevention Advisory Council to study and make recommendations regarding plastic pollution problems in the Commonwealth, with the mission of eliminating plastic waste and contributing to the achievement of plastics packaging circular economy industry standards. The bill has a sunset date of June 30, 2023.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1354	Virginia HB 1354 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kenneth R. Plum	4	39	9	2020-01-08	2020-04-07	openstates	ocd-bill/3097a9e4-b4ed-477c-8487-6c526706984b	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1354	3be14a62f714e27dc28b20625fdd04d86db22191135a3339364a13a02335fda5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1354 (2020) — Plastic Waste Prevention Advisory Council; established.

Plastic Waste Prevention Advisory Council. Establishes in the executive branch of state government the Plastic Waste Prevention Advisory Council to study and make recommendations regarding plastic pollution problems in the Commonwealth, with the mission of eliminating plastic waste and contributing to the achievement of plastics packaging circular economy industry standards. The bill has a sunset date of June 30, 2023.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0798) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1354ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Impact statement from DPB (HB1354) (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1354H1) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N) — 56–40 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 0-N) — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) — 16–6 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) — 15–6 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N) — 60–37 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate with amendments (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
• Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
• Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101616D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Adminstrative Process referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354)
• 2020-01-23 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
• 2020-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2020-01-28 Committee substitute printed 20106528D-H1 substitution
• 2020-01-28 Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-01-28 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354H1)
• 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Appropriations (15-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106528D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1354H1
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (61-Y 37-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (61-Y 37-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (12-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2020-03-03 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-03-03 Reading of amendments waived
• 2020-03-03 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2020-03-03 Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 2020-03-03 Passed Senate with amendments (31-Y 9-N) passage
• 2020-03-04 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-03-04 Senate amendments agreed to by House (57-Y 40-N)
• 2020-03-04 VOTE: Adoption (57-Y 40-N)
• 2020-03-07 Enrolled
• 2020-03-07 Signed by President
• 2020-03-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1354ER)
• 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 798 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3097a9e4-b4ed-477c-8487-6c526706984b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).