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2024 SESSION
HB 745 Mattress stewardship program; established, report, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Amy J. Laufer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Mattress stewardship program established; civil penalty. Prohibits the disposal of a mattress, as defined in the bill, in a landfill or an incinerator beginning January 1, 2028, and requires producers of mattresses sold at retail in the Commonwealth or a representative organization acting on a producer's behalf to submit a plan for the establishment of a mattress stewardship program. Such mattress stewardship program plan shall establish an assessment for all mattresses sold in the Commonwealth and a network of convenient and free collection sites for postconsumer mattresses, defined in the bill, that will facilitate higher rates of recycling and materials recovery for postconsumer mattresses. The bill establishes annual reporting requirements for mattress producers or representative organizations and establishes a Mattress Stewardship Program Advisory Board to advise on the proper implementation and sustainability of the mattress stewardship program. The bill also establishes the powers and duties of the Department of Environmental Quality as they relate to the bill and civil penalties for improper mattress disposal and violations of the mattress stewardship program.
FULL TEXT
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100377D pdf | impact statement
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute posted to LIS only 24106693D-H1 pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24100377D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/19/24 House: Referred from Courts of Justice by voice vote
- 01/19/24 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/23/24 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/31/24 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 by voice vote
- 02/07/24 House: Continued to 2025 with substitute in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 02/07/24 House: Committee substitute posted to LIS only 24106693D-H1