Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee, requirements.
Summary
Waste tire disposal by tire producers and haulers; fee; requirements. Requires a hauler, as defined in the bill, to (i) register with the Department of Environmental Quality and (ii) transfer all waste tires to a transfer station, material recovery facility, landfill with a solid waste permit as required by law, or waste tire end user. The bill expands the purpose of the Waste Tire Trust Fund to include paying the costs of implementing the waste tire disposal requirements of haulers and funding research, studies, and demonstration projects that stimulate the growth of existing and emerging markets for waste tires. The bill also increases the tire recycling fee from $0.50 to $2 beginning July 1, 2024, and directs the Waste Management Board to adopt regulations to implement the provisions of the bill.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2024
Last action Feb 27, 2024
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 13, 2024
How they voted
77–19
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 98
Feb 13, 2024
D
Democratic49
91% Yea
R
Republican49
65% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
5
Committee
11
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Committee
Rereferred from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 14, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
VOTE: Passage (79-Y 19-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (79-Y 19-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 7-N)
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Committee
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 24, 2024
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Jan 23, 2024
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Jan 8, 2024
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tom Garrett
RRepublican
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