VirginiaMattress Stewardship Program; established, report, civil penalties.
What it does
Mattress Stewardship Program established; report; civil penalties. Establishes the Mattress Stewardship Program that allows certain industry associations to administer the Program as a mattress recycling organization with approval and certification from the Department of Environmental Quality. The bill requires certain producers, retailers, and renovators of mattresses to register with a certified mattress recycling organization and requires a producer to identify each mattress brand it sells or offers for sale in the Commonwealth on or before June 1, 2027.
More detail
Prior to the Program going into effect, the bill requires a mattress recycling organization to submit a plan with certain criteria relating to the collection and recycling of mattresses and the implementation of the Program. The bill establishes annual reporting requirements for the mattress recycling organization and establishes a Mattress Stewardship Program Advisory Board to provide advice on the proper implementation and sustainability of the Program. Finally, the bill establishes the powers and duties of the Department as they relate to the bill and civil penalties for violations of the Program by the producers, the retailers, or the mattress recycling organization.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 5Left in Finance and AppropriationsLatest
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB990)
- Jan 21Committee substitute printed 25105862D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 21Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 21Incorporates SB794(Head)
- Jan 7Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 7Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102473DIntroduced