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type: "Bill"
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title: "Disposable plastic bags; local tax."
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description: "Local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizesany locality to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposableplastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certainbags being exempt from the tax. Revenues from the local tax wouldbe collected by the Tax Commissioner and distributed monthly to thelocality imposing the tax to be used by such locality for the mitigationof pollution and litter. The bill requires each locality imposingthe tax by ordinance to provide a certified copy of the ordinanceto the Tax Commissioner at least six months prior to the date thetax is to become effective. The bill also allows every retailer thatcollects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 534"
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citation: "Virginia HB 534 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 53
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vote_count: 12
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first_action: "2020-01-05"
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last_action: "2020-04-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/337662f4-eb35-486a-8907-9ea3d4231926"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB534"
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source_hash: "95758881ce2d4398c3f14195aa564de42266676484f4c5f43ac54526ce560215"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 534 (2020) — Disposable plastic bags; local tax.
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Local disposable plastic bag tax. Authorizesany locality to impose a tax of five cents per bag on disposableplastic bags provided to consumers by certain retailers, with certainbags being exempt from the tax. Revenues from the local tax wouldbe collected by the Tax Commissioner and distributed monthly to thelocality imposing the tax to be used by such locality for the mitigationof pollution and litter. The bill requires each locality imposingthe tax by ordinance to provide a certified copy of the ordinanceto the Tax Commissioner at least six months prior to the date thetax is to become effective. The bill also allows every retailer thatcollects the tax to retain one cent of the five-cent tax.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1022)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1022)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB534ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB534H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534H1)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB534S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534S1)
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5. **HB534H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534H2)
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6. **Impact statement from TAX (HB534)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB534)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) — **13–9** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N) — **22–18** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage #2 (52-Y 46-N) — **51–46** (pass) · lower
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- Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Referred from Finance — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 93-N) — **0–92** (fail) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: DEFEATED (50-Y 49-N) — **49–49** (fail) · lower
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- VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N 1-A) — **51–47** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Lee Ware — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-05** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101570D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-05** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Impact statement from TAX (HB534)
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- **2020-01-18** Impact statement from DHCD (HB534)
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- **2020-01-29** Referred from Finance
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-30** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-05** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-02-05** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-02-05** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (13-Y 9-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-05** Committee substitute printed 20107686D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-07** Passed by for the day
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- **2020-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 20107686D-H1
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- **2020-02-10** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB534H1
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- **2020-02-11** Read third time and defeated by House (50-Y 49-N) `failure`
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- **2020-02-11** VOTE: DEFEATED (50-Y 49-N)
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- **2020-02-11** Requires 51 affirmative votes for passage
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- **2020-02-11** Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by House
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- **2020-02-11** Passed House (52-Y 46-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-11** VOTE: Passage #2 (52-Y 46-N)
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- **2020-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-12** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-14** Impact statement from TAX (HB534H1)
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Committee substitute printed 20108914D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-26** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-02-26** Committee substitute agreed to 20108914D-S1
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- **2020-02-26** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB534S1
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- **2020-02-26** Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-26** Senate substitute rejected by House 20108914D-S1 (0-Y 93-N)
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- **2020-02-26** VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 93-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Senate insisted on amendments (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-26** Senate requested conference committee
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- **2020-02-27** House acceded to request
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- **2020-02-27** Conferees appointed by House
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- **2020-02-27** Conferees appointed by Senate
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- **2020-03-05** Amended by conference committee
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- **2020-03-05** Conference substitute printed 20109450D-H2
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- **2020-03-05** Passed by temporarily
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- **2020-03-05** Conference report agreed to by House (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
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- **2020-03-05** VOTE: Adoption (52-Y 47-N 1-A)
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- **2020-03-07** Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 18-N)
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- **2020-03-18** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-18** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-19** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-20** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 20, 2020
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- **2020-03-20** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-24** Impact statement from TAX (HB534ER)
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- **2020-04-10** Approved by Governor-Chapter 1022 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/337662f4-eb35-486a-8907-9ea3d4231926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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