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Bill Abandoned and stolen shopping carts; local regulation. Abandoned and stolen shopping carts; local regulation. Provides that any locality with a County Manager Plan or Urban County Executive form of government may, by ordinance, provide that it is unlawful for any person to place, leave, or abandon on any real property in the locality, or within specified districts within the locality, any shopping cart. The bill requires such ordinance to provide that any such shopping cart that remains on the real property at least 15 days after a notice of violation is given to the owner of such shopping cart shall be presumed to be abandoned and subject to removal from the real property by the county or its agents without further notice. In the event that any such shopping cart is so removed, the cost of removal, including the cost of disposal, but not to exceed $300 per cart, shall be charged to the owner of the shopping cart. The bill also authorizes such ordinance to prohibit possession of a shopping cart outside of the designated premises when the owner has posted notice of such prohibition. Such ordinance may provide for a civil penalty of not more than $500. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 SB 631 Virginia SB 631 (2020)
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Virginia SB 631 (2020) — Abandoned and stolen shopping carts; local regulation.

Abandoned and stolen shopping carts; local regulation. Provides that any locality with a County Manager Plan or Urban County Executive form of government may, by ordinance, provide that it is unlawful for any person to place, leave, or abandon on any real property in the locality, or within specified districts within the locality, any shopping cart. The bill requires such ordinance to provide that any such shopping cart that remains on the real property at least 15 days after a notice of violation is given to the owner of such shopping cart shall be presumed to be abandoned and subject to removal from the real property by the county or its agents without further notice. In the event that any such shopping cart is so removed, the cost of removal, including the cost of disposal, but not to exceed $300 per cart, shall be charged to the owner of the shopping cart. The bill also authorizes such ordinance to prohibit possession of a shopping cart outside of the designated premises when the owner has posted notice of such prohibition. Such ordinance may provide for a civil penalty of not more than $500.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1174) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB631ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by Senate as amended SB631E (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DHCD (SB631) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) — 8–7 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: DEFEATED (43-Y 51-N) — 42–51 (fail) · lower
  • Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N) — 49–47 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (14-Y 7-N) — 14–7 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) — 20–20 (fail) · upper
  • House amendments agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N) — 20–19 (pass) · upper
  • House amendments agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N) — 22–17 (pass) · upper
  • Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (29-Y 9-N) — 29–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Scott A. Surovell — primary (person)
  • Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
  • Vivian E. Watts — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104457D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
  • 2020-01-18 Impact statement from DHCD (SB631)
  • 2020-01-20 Reported from Local Government with amendments (8-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-21 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-22 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-01-22 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2020-01-22 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2020-01-22 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB631E
  • 2020-01-22 Printed as engrossed 20104457D-E
  • 2020-01-23 Read third time and defeated by Senate (20-Y 20-N) failure
  • 2020-01-23 Chair votes No
  • 2020-01-23 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-23 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-01-24 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-01-27 Read third time and passed Senate (20-Y 19-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
  • 2020-02-25 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-25 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
  • 2020-02-28 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment (14-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-03-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-03-04 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-04 Committee amendment agreed to
  • 2020-03-04 Amendment by Delegate Carter agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-03-04 Pending question ordered
  • 2020-03-04 Defeated by House (43-Y 51-N)
  • 2020-03-04 VOTE: DEFEATED (43-Y 51-N)
  • 2020-03-04 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
  • 2020-03-04 Passed by for the day
  • 2020-03-05 Passed by temporarily
  • 2020-03-05 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-05 Amendments by Delegate LaRock agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2020-03-05 Pending question ordered
  • 2020-03-05 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2020-03-05 Passed House with amendments (50-Y 47-N) passage
  • 2020-03-05 VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
  • 2020-03-05 House amendments agreed to by Senate (20-Y 19-N)
  • 2020-03-05 Reconsideration of House amendments agreed to by Senate (29-Y 9-N)
  • 2020-03-05 House amendments agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N)
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-17 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 17, 2020
  • 2020-03-17 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-11 Approved by Governor-Chapter 1174 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/adcaac90-46c1-4db1-a656-726fc4f2216f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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