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| Bill | Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. | Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. Requires that any town located within a county that has imposed a disposable plastic bag tax receive a distribution of revenues collected by the county based on the local sales tax distribution formula for appropriations to towns. The bill restricts a town's use of such revenues to the same purposes allowable for a county or city. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 341 | Virginia HB 341 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 341 (2026) — Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns.
Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. Requires that any town located within a county that has imposed a disposable plastic bag tax receive a distribution of revenues collected by the county based on the local sales tax distribution formula for appropriations to towns. The bill restricts a town's use of such revenues to the same purposes allowable for a county or city.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations — 8–5 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 7–3 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 22–16 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance — 15–7 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 67–32 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Marty Martinez — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100399D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-12 Referred to Committee on Finance
referral-committee - 2026-01-16 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/19/2026 10:03 pm)
- 2026-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N)
- 2026-01-21 Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-23 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-26 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-27 Read third time and passed House (67-Y 32-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-01-28 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
referral-committee - 2026-02-17 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-18 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-18 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-18 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-18 Passed by for the day
- 2026-02-19 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-23 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-02-23 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB341ER)
passage - 2026-02-23 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2026-02-24 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/24/2026 7:43 am)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2ad312e8-a88a-4a65-8c23-9a8ae8588b4c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).