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Virginia bills · 2026 Regular Session

Virginia SB 226

Compost and other products containing organic soil amendments infrastructure; DEQ tax policy option.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the Virginia legislature· SUMMARY AS PASSED

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.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 14, 2026, 12:15 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Mar 14, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 14, 2026
Senate		Adopt Conference Committee Report RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Mar 4, 2026
Senate		Accede Conference Committee RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 27, 2026
Senate		Concur House Substitute RfailSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 25, 2026
House		H VOTE:passSet your home in Virginia to see
Feb 20, 2026
House		Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 30, 2026
Senate		Passage RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 28, 2026
Senate		Constitutional reading dispensed RpassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 27, 2026
Senate		Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitutepassSet your home in Virginia to see
Jan 21, 2026
Senate		Reported from General Laws and TechnologypassSet your home in Virginia to see

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