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type: "Bill"
title: "Litter taxes; increases annual amount of tax."
description: "Litter taxes; amount of tax. Increases the annual litter tax from $10 to $20 and the additional annual litter tax from $15 to $30. Both taxes are imposed on manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers of certain products; however, the additional tax applies to fewer businesses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1154"
citation: "Virginia HB 1154 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alfonso H. Lopez"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-07"
last_action: "2020-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7006eaf1-6805-48ff-b1a8-c93cb0d830c2"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1154"
source_hash: "d7d28a31a24b0a9d4b34372525356e81a3e3e8b29f7e869651a8988ce47e7eed"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 1154 (2020) — Litter taxes; increases annual amount of tax.
Litter taxes; amount of tax. Increases the annual litter tax from $10 to $20 and the additional annual litter tax from $15 to $30. Both taxes are imposed on manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers of certain products; however, the additional tax applies to fewer businesses.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0782)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0782)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1154ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1154ER)
3. **Impact statement from TAX (HB1154)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1154)
## Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **380** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — **5346** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N) — **62** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) — **2416** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N 2-A) — **131** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N) — **4947** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) — **139** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alfonso H. Lopez — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101682D `introduction`
- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-29** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (HB1154)
- **2020-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 2-N)
- **2020-02-05** Reported from Finance (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** Read third time and passed House (50-Y 47-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** VOTE: Passage (50-Y 47-N)
- **2020-02-10** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2020-02-10** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-11** Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N 2-A) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Impact statement from TAX (HB1154ER)
- **2020-03-04** Signed by President
- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 782 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7006eaf1-6805-48ff-b1a8-c93cb0d830c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).