SB 226 VA

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Local competitive bidding for compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal infrastructure; civil penalty. Allows the governing body of a locality to give preference to compost or other products containing organic soil amendments produced within such locality in the case of a tie bid when determining the award of any contract for compost or other products containing soil amendments to be purchased for use by such locality. The bill also provides that any locality may by ordinance require that certain generators, as defined in the bill, of large quantities of organic waste separate the organic waste from other solid waste and ensure that the organic waste is diverted from final disposal in a refuse disposal system by any of a variety of specified waste diversion activities. The ordinance may also establish civil penalties for violations of the ordinance, but a locality shall first issue a warning to a generator that violates the ordinance. Finally, the bill expresses that it is the intent of the General Assembly that new public school buildings and facilities and improvements and renovations to existing public school buildings and facilities include waste disposal infrastructure, as defined in the bill, that includes a place for the disposal of trash, recyclables, and food scraps and a sink for liquid waste. This bill is identical to HB 1011.

• Scott A. Surovell Democratic · primary

1. Jan 10, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100606D · upper
2. Jan 10, 2026 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology · upper
3. Jan 21, 2026 Reported from General Laws and Technology and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Jan 27, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (9-Y 5-N) · upper
5. Jan 27, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106306D-S1 · upper
6. Jan 28, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Jan 28, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Jan 28, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Jan 28, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
10. Jan 29, 2026 Read second time · upper
11. Jan 29, 2026 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to · upper
12. Jan 29, 2026 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote) · upper
13. Jan 29, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute · upper
14. Jan 30, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate (21-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
15. Jan 30, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB226) · upper
16. Feb 4, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
17. Feb 4, 2026 Read first time · lower
18. Feb 4, 2026 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns · lower
19. Feb 20, 2026 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N) · lower
20. Feb 20, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26108336D-H1 · lower
21. Feb 23, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB226) · upper
22. Feb 24, 2026 Read second time · lower
23. Feb 25, 2026 Read third time · lower
24. Feb 25, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
25. Feb 25, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
26. Feb 25, 2026 Passed House with substitute (66-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
27. Feb 27, 2026 House substitute rejected by Senate · upper
28. Mar 2, 2026 House insisted on substitute · lower
29. Mar 2, 2026 House requested conference committee · lower
30. Mar 4, 2026 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
31. Mar 4, 2026 Conferees appointed by Senate · upper
32. Mar 4, 2026 Senate Conferees: Surovell, Pekarsky, Jordan · upper
33. Mar 10, 2026 Conferees appointed by House · lower
34. Mar 10, 2026 House Conferees: Tran, Nivar, Bloxom · lower
35. Mar 13, 2026 Conference Report released · legislature
36. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by House (64-Y 33-N 0-A) · lower
37. Mar 14, 2026 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A) · upper
38. Mar 30, 2026 Enrolled · upper
39. Mar 30, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB226ER) · upper
40. Mar 30, 2026 Signed by President · upper
41. Mar 31, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB226) · upper
42. Mar 31, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
43. Mar 31, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026 · upper
44. Mar 31, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
45. Apr 11, 2026 Governor's recommendation received by Senate · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Governor's Recommendation · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Conference Report · HTML
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · PDF
• Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute · HTML
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · PDF
• Finance and Appropriations Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML