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Bill

Expanded polystyrene food service containers; definitions, prohibition on dispensing, penalty.

Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition; civil penalty. Prohibits the dispensing by a food vendor of prepared food to a customer in a single-use expanded polystyrene food service container, as defined in the bill. The bill requires certain chain restaurants to stop using such containers by July 1, 2023, and sets the date for compliance by all food vendors as July 1, 2025. The bill exempts certain institutions, including correctional facilities and public schools, from the definition of "food vendor" and provides a process by which a locality may grant consecutive one-year exemptions to individual food vendors on the basis of undue economic hardship. The bill provides a civil penalty of not more than $50 for each day of violation, to be collected in a civil action brought by the Attorney General or the relevant locality. The penalties collected are to be deposited in the Litter Control and Recycling Fund or to the treasury of the relevant locality, as appropriate. A portion of the penalties deposited in the Fund are to be used for public information campaigns to discourage the sale and use of expanded polystyrene products. Finally, the bill directs the Department of Environmental Quality to post to its website information on compliance and the filing of complaints. This bill incorporates HB 1046 and HB 1347.

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Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 533

Virginia HB 533 (2020)

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enacted

Betsy B. Carr

2020-01-05

2020-04-10

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ocd-bill/9846cb4e-fd48-48f5-9173-143a5d3aabe9

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB533

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https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 533 (2020) — Expanded polystyrene food service containers; definitions, prohibition on dispensing, penalty.

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1104) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB533ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB533H1 (committee substitute) — source
Impact statement from DPB (HB533) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N) — 1–98 (fail) · lower
Senate insisted on amendment (38-Y 1-N) — 38–1 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N) — 5–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N) — 54–44 (pass) · lower
Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N) — 24–16 (pass) · upper
Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 13-N) — 23–13 (pass) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 6-N) — 9–6 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100170D introduction
2020-01-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
2020-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 0-N)
2020-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB533)
2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107350D-H1 substitution
2020-02-05 Incorporates HB1046 (Krizek)
2020-02-05 Incorporates HB1347 (Plum)
2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
2020-02-07 Passed by for the day
2020-02-10 Read second time reading-2
2020-02-10 Committee substitute agreed to 20107350D-H1
2020-02-10 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB533H1
2020-02-11 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 44-N) passage, reading-3
2020-02-11 VOTE: Passage (55-Y 44-N)
2020-02-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB533H1)
2020-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 6-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-21 Amendment by Senator Suetterlein agreed to amendment-passage
2020-02-21 Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-21 Passed Senate with amendment (23-Y 13-N) passage
2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-25 Senate amendment rejected by House (1-Y 99-N)
2020-02-25 VOTE: REJECTED (1-Y 99-N)
2020-02-26 Senate insisted on amendment (38-Y 1-N)
2020-02-26 Senate requested conference committee
2020-02-26 House acceded to request
2020-02-26 Conferees appointed by House
2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (55-Y 44-N)
2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (55-Y 44-N)
2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-03-18 Enrolled
2020-03-18 Signed by President
2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-20 Impact statement from DPB (HB533ER)
2020-03-20 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
2020-03-20 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1104 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9846cb4e-fd48-48f5-9173-143a5d3aabe9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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