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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2159 Balloons; release of nonbiodegradable balloons outdoors prohibited, civil penalty.
Introduced by: Nancy D. Guy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Release of balloon prohibited; civil penalty. Prohibits any individual 16 years of age or older or other person, including a corporation, from intentionally releasing, discarding, or causing to be released or discarded any nonbiodegradable balloon outdoors and provides that any person convicted of such violation is liable for a civil penalty of $25 per balloon, to be paid into the Game Protection Fund. The bill provides that if a person under the age of 16 releases a balloon at the instruction of an adult, the adult shall be liable for the civil penalty. Current law prohibits a person from knowingly releasing 50 or more such balloons within an hour and sets the civil penalty at $5 per balloon, with the proceeds deposited into the Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Endowment Fund.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102435D pdf | impact statement
- 01/22/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102435D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2159ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/30/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102435D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
- 01/20/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
- 01/20/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (14-Y 8-N)
- 01/21/21 House: Read first time
- 01/22/21 House: Read second time
- 01/22/21 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 01/22/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2159E
- 01/22/21 House: Printed as engrossed 21102435D-E
- 01/25/21 House: Read third time and passed House (59-Y 40-N 1-A)
- 01/25/21 House: VOTE: Passage (59-Y 40-N 1-A)
- 01/26/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/26/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/17/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/21 Senate: Passed Senate (22-Y 17-N)
- 02/22/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2159ER)
- 02/22/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/24/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 25, 2021
- 02/25/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/30/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 420 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/30/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0420)