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Bill	Disposing of litter; penalty.	Disposing of litter; penalty. Increasesthe fine for dumping or disposing of litter, trash, or other unsightlymatter on public or private property from a minimum of $250 and amaximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $5,000. Thebill also increases the mandatory minimum period of community servicein lieu of confinement in jail from 10 hours to 40 hours.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2021	HB 1801	Virginia HB 1801 (2021)	bill		enacted	James E. Edmunds, II	4	40	12	2021-01-04	2021-03-18	openstates	ocd-bill/dd75df6d-2524-4d7f-92cb-45547345e079	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1801	a599a758f55350c2d58a95b266b0e75ae97f434097dc9f4976e4a9e04930a88c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1801 (2021) — Disposing of litter; penalty.

Disposing of litter; penalty. Increasesthe fine for dumping or disposing of litter, trash, or other unsightlymatter on public or private property from a minimum of $250 and amaximum of $2,500 to a minimum of $500 and a maximum of $5,000. Thebill also increases the mandatory minimum period of community servicein lieu of confinement in jail from 10 hours to 40 hours.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0175 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB1801ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101638D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 21101638D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 32-N) — 64–32 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N) — 12–3 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) — 23–14 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N) — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Passage (67-Y 31-N) — 66–31 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N) — 18–20 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• James E. Edmunds, II — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101638D introduction
• 2021-01-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Assigned Transportation sub: Transportation Innovations and General Topics referral-committee
• 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2021-01-19 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 2021-01-21 Reported from Transportation (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2021-01-21 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2021-01-26 Assigned Courts sub: Criminal referral-committee
• 2021-01-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB1801)
• 2021-01-27 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 2-N)
• 2021-01-29 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment(s) (18-Y 4-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-01 Read first time reading-1
• 2021-02-02 Read second time reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2021-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended HB1801E
• 2021-02-02 Printed as engrossed 21101638D-E
• 2021-02-03 Read third time and passed House (67-Y 31-N) passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage (67-Y 31-N)
• 2021-02-03 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2021-02-03 Passed House (65-Y 32-N) passage
• 2021-02-03 VOTE: Passage #2 (65-Y 32-N)
• 2021-02-03 Impact statement from DPB (HB1801E)
• 2021-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2021-02-04 Referred to Committee on Transportation referral-committee
• 2021-02-05 Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Transportation (15-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-11 Reported from Transportation (12-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2021-02-15 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-16 Defeated by Senate (18-Y 20-N)
• 2021-02-16 Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
• 2021-02-16 Passed by for the day
• 2021-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2021-02-17 Passed Senate (23-Y 14-N) passage
• 2021-02-22 Enrolled
• 2021-02-22 Impact statement from DPB (HB1801ER)
• 2021-02-22 Signed by President
• 2021-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-25 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
• 2021-02-25 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
• 2021-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 175 (effective 7/1/21) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd75df6d-2524-4d7f-92cb-45547345e079. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).