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Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HJ 448: Litter tax; Department of Environmental Quality to study tax policy options for reforming.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HJ 448 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 7, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Litter tax; Department of Environmental Quality to study tax policy options for reforming. Primary sponsor: Paul Krizek (Democratic). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ448ER).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Study; Department of Environmental Quality; tax policy options for reforming the litter tax; report. Requests the Department of Environmental Quality to study tax policy options for reforming the litter tax.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul KrizekPrimary sponsorDemocraticHouse16
Patrick HopeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse1
Alfonso LopezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse3
Marty MartinezCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse29

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ448ER)
  2. Agreed to by Senate
  3. Read third time
  4. Passed by for the day
  5. Reading waived (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
  6. Rules suspended
  7. Reported from Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 4-N)
  8. Reported from Rules and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (Voice Vote)
  9. Referred to Committee on Rules
  10. Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  11. Agreed to by House (60-Y 37-N)
  12. Engrossed by House - committee substitute

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source