republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/sb-11.md

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Bill	Disposable plastic bags; local tax.	Local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizes any county or city, beginning no earlier than January 1, 2021, to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposable plastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. The bill allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain a portion of the five-cent tax and provides that the revenue accruing to the county or city shall be used for certain purposes including environmental cleanup and the provision of reusable bags. The measure authorizes the Tax Commissioner to administer the tax. This bill incorporates SB 26 and SB 198 and is identical to HB 534.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	SB 11	Virginia SB 11 (2020)	bill		enacted	Adam P. Ebbin	6	52	11	2019-11-18	2020-04-10	openstates	ocd-bill/2a6ad1c9-90be-4e87-80f2-822e7d08bdde	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB11	453ef4da9796852f85e2b1bb40ddcf326ae6c8db26206867d2c36a36c9e082f3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 11 (2020) — Disposable plastic bags; local tax.

Local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizes any county or city, beginning no earlier than January 1, 2021, to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposable plastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certain bags being exempt from the tax. The bill allows every retailer that collects the tax to retain a portion of the five-cent tax and provides that the revenue accruing to the county or city shall be used for certain purposes including environmental cleanup and the provision of reusable bags. The measure authorizes the Tax Commissioner to administer the tax. This bill incorporates SB 26 and SB 198 and is identical to HB 534.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1023) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB11ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments SB11H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB11S2 (committee substitute) — source
5. SB11S1 (committee substitute) — source
6. SB11S3 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) — 26–14 (pass) · upper
• Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — 22–18 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N) — 50–46 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N) — 51–46 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — 13–9 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Committee substitute rejected 20108122D-S1 (20-Y 20-N) — 20–20 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 6-N) — 10–6 (pass) · upper
• House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N) — 0–40 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Adam P. Ebbin — primary (person)
• Barbara A. Favola — cosponsor (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• J. Chapman Petersen — cosponsor (person)
• Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-11-18 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100728D introduction
• 2019-11-18 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2020-01-08 Moved from Finance to Finance and Appropriations due to a change of the committee name
• 2020-01-16 Impact statement from TAX (SB11)
• 2020-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (10-Y 6-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-10 Incorporates SB26 (Petersen)
• 2020-02-10 Incorporates SB198 (Locke)
• 2020-02-10 Committee substitute printed 20107539D-S1 substitution
• 2020-02-11 Floor substitute printed 20108122D-S2 (Newman)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-11 Committee substitute rejected 20108122D-S1 (20-Y 20-N)
• 2020-02-11 Chair votes No
• 2020-02-11 Reading of substitute waived
• 2020-02-11 Substitute by Senator Newman agreed to 20108122D-S2
• 2020-02-11 Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB11S2
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Passed Senate (26-Y 14-N) passage
• 2020-02-14 Placed on Calendar
• 2020-02-14 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-14 Referred to Committee on Finance referral-committee
• 2020-02-14 Impact statement from TAX (SB11S2)
• 2020-02-19 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-19 Committee substitute printed 20108637D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-19 Reported from Finance with substitute (13-Y 9-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-21 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Passed by for the day
• 2020-02-25 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-25 Committee substitute agreed to 20108637D-H1
• 2020-02-25 Amendments by Delegate Watts agreed to amendment-passage
• 2020-02-25 Engrossed by House - committee substitute with amendments SB11H1
• 2020-02-25 Passed House with substitute with amendments (52-Y 46-N) passage
• 2020-02-25 VOTE: Passage (52-Y 46-N)
• 2020-02-26 House substitute with amendments rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N)
• 2020-02-26 House insisted on substitute with amendments
• 2020-02-26 House requested conference committee
• 2020-02-26 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by Senate
• 2020-02-27 Conferees appointed by House
• 2020-03-05 Amended by conference committee
• 2020-03-05 Conference substitute printed 20109452D-S3
• 2020-03-05 Conference report agreed to by House (51-Y 46-N)
• 2020-03-05 VOTE: Adoption (51-Y 46-N)
• 2020-03-07 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
• 2020-03-18 Enrolled
• 2020-03-18 Signed by President
• 2020-03-19 Signed by Speaker
• 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
• 2020-03-24 Impact statement from TAX (SB11ER)
• 2020-04-10 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1023 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a6ad1c9-90be-4e87-80f2-822e7d08bdde. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).