HB 341 VA

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Plastic bag tax; distribution to towns. Requires that any town located within a county that has imposed a disposable plastic bag tax receive a distribution of revenues collected by the county based on the local sales tax distribution formula for appropriations to towns. The bill restricts a town's use of such revenues to the same purposes allowable for a county or city.

• Marty Martinez Democratic · primary

1. Jan 12, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100399D · lower
2. Jan 12, 2026 Referred to Committee on Finance · lower
3. Jan 16, 2026 Assigned HFIN sub: Subcommittee #2 · lower
4. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (1/19/2026 10:03 pm) · lower
5. Jan 20, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 3-N) · lower
6. Jan 21, 2026 Reported from Finance (15-Y 7-N) · lower
7. Jan 23, 2026 Read first time · lower
8. Jan 26, 2026 Read second time and engrossed · lower
9. Jan 27, 2026 Read third time and passed House (67-Y 32-N 0-A) · lower
10. Jan 28, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
11. Jan 28, 2026 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations · upper
12. Feb 17, 2026 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 5-N) · upper
13. Feb 18, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 18, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
15. Feb 18, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
16. Feb 18, 2026 Passed by for the day · upper
17. Feb 19, 2026 Read third time · upper
18. Feb 19, 2026 Passed Senate (22-Y 16-N 0-A) · upper
19. Feb 23, 2026 Enrolled · lower
20. Feb 23, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB341ER) · lower
21. Feb 23, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
22. Feb 23, 2026 Signed by President · upper
23. Feb 24, 2026 Fiscal Impact statement From TAX (2/24/2026 7:43 am) · lower
24. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
25. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
26. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 112 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
27. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0112) · 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.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML