republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1352.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps, regulation and cleanup."
description: "Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps; regulation and cleanup. Prohibits the disposal of solid waste in an unpermitted facility and provides that the presence of unpermitted solid waste on a person's property is prima facie evidence that the person allowed solid waste to be disposed of on his property without a permit. The bill adds open dumps to the types of site that the Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to require to be cleaned up and provides that the party responsible for such cleanup shall include any party who caused the site to become an open dump or caused the improper management of waste at the site. The bill includes technical amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1352"
citation: "Virginia HB 1352 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy W. Gooditis"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-01-08"
last_action: "2020-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7c017d6-239c-40fb-aea4-1e1dda49cd78"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1352"
source_hash: "dc1c6fc19935c9ec270d11ef617f5ab141a85c123105361949656548c0ab87ab"
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 1352 (2020) — Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps, regulation and cleanup.

Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps; regulation and cleanup. Prohibits the disposal of solid waste in an unpermitted facility and provides that the presence of unpermitted solid waste on a person's property is prima facie evidence that the person allowed solid waste to be disposed of on his property without a permit. The bill adds open dumps to the types of site that the Department of Environmental Quality is authorized to require to be cleaned up and provides that the party responsible for such cleanup shall include any party who caused the site to become an open dump or caused the improper management of waste at the site. The bill includes technical amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0621)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0621)
2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1352ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1352ER)
3. **Impact statement from DPB (HB1352)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB1352)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) — **8–7** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N) — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (24-Y 16-N) — **24–16** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 34-N) — **58–34** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N) — **60–38** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102922D `introduction`
- **2020-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Impact statement from DPB (HB1352)
- **2020-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- **2020-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-04** Read third time and passed House (61-Y 38-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2020-02-04** VOTE: Passage (61-Y 38-N)
- **2020-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2020-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N) `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2020-02-21** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-24** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-25** Passed by for the day
- **2020-02-26** VOTE: Adoption (59-Y 34-N)
- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-26** Reading of amendment waived
- **2020-02-26** Amendment by Senator Petersen agreed to `amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with amendment (24-Y 16-N) `passage`
- **2020-02-26** Senate amendment agreed to by House (59-Y 34-N)
- **2020-03-03** Enrolled
- **2020-03-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1352ER)
- **2020-03-03** Signed by Speaker
- **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
- **2020-04-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 621 (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/a7c017d6-239c-40fb-aea4-1e1dda49cd78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).