HB1011 • 2026

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

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 15.2-937.1 and by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22.1 a section numbered 22.1-141.2:1, relating to compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal infrastructure; civil penalty.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Tran
Last action: 2026-04-22
Official status: Awaiting Governor's Action
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material specifies civil penalty amounts, which were initially removed as unsupported claims.

Compost Preference and Organic Waste Separation Act

This act allows local governments to prefer locally produced compost in contracts when there is a tie bid and requires large generators of organic waste to separate it from other waste, with penalties for non-compliance. It also expresses the intent that new public school buildings include proper waste disposal infrastructure.

What This Bill Does

Allows localities to give preference to compost or soil amendments produced within their area when there is a tie in bidding for contracts involving these products.
Requires large generators of organic waste, such as schools and supermarkets, to separate their organic waste from other types of waste and ensure it does not end up in landfills.
Establishes civil penalties for businesses that repeatedly violate the ordinance requiring separation of organic waste.
Expresses the intent that new public school buildings include proper infrastructure for disposing of trash, recyclables, and food scraps.

Who It Names or Affects

Local governments
Large generators of organic waste (e.g., schools, supermarkets)
Businesses that produce or handle compost and soil amendments

Terms To Know

Generator: A business or institution that produces large amounts of organic waste.
Organic Waste: Material from food processing or disposal, including pre-consumer and post-consumer vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy products, and meats.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify the exact penalties for non-compliance with waste separation requirements beyond a warning.
It is unclear how localities will enforce the requirement to separate organic waste from other solid waste.
The bill expresses intent but does not mandate new public school buildings to include proper waste disposal infrastructure.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HB1011AC

2026-03-13 • Conference

Conference Report

Plain English: JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No.

JOINT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT We, the conferees, appointed by the respective bodies to consider and report upon the disagreeing vote on House Bill No.
1011 , report as follows: A.
We recommend that the Senate Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute (26109039D) be rejected.
B.

HB1011G

2026-04-11 • Governor

Governor's Recommendation

Plain English: (HB1011) GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION 1.

(HB1011) GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION 1.
Line 4, enrolled, Title, after infrastructure; strike the remainder of line 4 and through expanded; on line 5 2.
Line 14, enrolled, after establishments strike ; [the semi-colon] insert and cafeterias operated by or run on behalf of 3.
At the beginning of line 15, enrolled strike institutional cafeteria; and a cafeteria operated by or on behalf of the Commonwealth or a 4.

HB1011AHC2

2026-01-29 • Committee

Subcommittee #2 Subcommittee Amendment

Plain English: 1/29/2026 HB 1011 SUBCOMMITTEE 1.

1/29/2026 HB 1011 SUBCOMMITTEE 1.
Line 28, introduced, after facility insert or anaerobic digester

HB1011AHC1

2026-01-29

Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment

Plain English: OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 1/29/2026 HB 1011 SUBCOMMITTEE 1.

OFFERED FOR CONSIDERATION 1/29/2026 HB 1011 SUBCOMMITTEE 1.
Line 28, introduced, after facility insert or anaerobic digester

HB1011AH1

2026-01-30 • Committee

Counties, Cities and Towns Amendment

Plain English: 1/30/2026 HB 1011 COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS 1.

1/30/2026 HB 1011 COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS 1.
Line 28, introduced, after facility insert or anaerobic digester

Bill History

2026-04-22 Governor
Governor's recommendation adopted
2026-04-22 House
Signed by Speaker
2026-04-22 Senate
Signed by President
2026-04-22 House
Communicated to Governor
2026-04-22 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 23, 2026
2026-04-22 House
Reenrolled
2026-04-22 House
Reenrolled bill text (HB1011ER2)
2026-04-22 House
Governor's amendment nos. 1, 4, and 5 agreed to (66-Y 34-N 0-A)
2026-04-22 House
Governor's amendment nos. 2 and 3 passed by
2026-04-22 Senate
Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
2026-04-11 Governor
Governor's recommendation received by House
2026-04-01 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1011)
2026-03-31 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
2026-03-31 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-31 House
Signed by Speaker
2026-03-31 House
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
2026-03-31 Governor
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
2026-03-30 Senate
Signed by President
2026-03-30 House
Enrolled
2026-03-30 House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1011ER)
2026-03-14 House
Conference report agreed to by House (66-Y 31-N 0-A)
2026-03-14 Senate
Conference report agreed to by Senate (21-Y 18-N 0-A)
2026-03-13 Conference
Conference Report released
2026-03-12 Senate
Senate requested conference committee
2026-03-12 Senate
Senate Conferees: Surovell, Bennett-Parker, Cifers
2026-03-12 Senate
Conferees appointed by Senate
2026-03-12 Senate
Senate insisted on substitute
2026-03-12 House
Senate substitute rejected by House (3-Y 95-N 0-A)
2026-03-12 Senate
Senate insisted on substitute Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-03-12 House
House acceded to request
2026-03-12 House
Conferees appointed by House
2026-03-12 House
House Conferees: Tran, Nivar, Bloxom
2026-03-11 Senate
Read third time
2026-03-11 Senate
Read third time
2026-03-11 Senate
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
2026-03-11 Local Government
Local Government Substitute agreed to
2026-03-11 Senate
Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 19-N 0-A)
2026-03-10 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-03-10 Senate
Rules suspended
2026-03-10 Senate
Passed by for the day
2026-03-10 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
2026-03-10 Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
2026-03-09 Finance and Appropriations
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 4-N)
2026-03-03 Local Government
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1011)
2026-03-02 Local Government
Reported from Local Government with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (8-Y 7-N)
2026-03-02 Local Government
Committee substitute printed 26109039D-S1
2026-02-10 House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1011)
2026-02-06 Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-06 Local Government
Referred to Committee on Local Government
2026-02-05 House
Read third time and passed House (69-Y 28-N 0-A)
2026-02-04 House
Read second time
2026-02-04 House
committee amendment agreed to
2026-02-04 House
Engrossed by House as amended
2026-02-03 House
Read first time
2026-01-30 Counties, Cities and Towns
Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N)
2026-01-29 Subcommittee #2
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (8-Y 0-N)
2026-01-29 Subcommittee #2
House subcommittee offered
2026-01-28 Subcommittee #2
Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #2
2026-01-14 House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103785D
2026-01-14 Counties, Cities and Towns
Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns

Official Summary Text

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 SB 226.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

An Act to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered
15.2-937.1
and by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22.1 a section numbered
22.1-141.2:1
, relating to compost and other products containing organic soil amendments; waste disposal infrastructure; civil penalty.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered
15.2-937.1
and by adding in Article 3 of Chapter 9 of Title 22.1 a section numbered
22.1-141.2:1
as follows:
§
15.2-937.1
. Localities may require separation of organic waste; civil penalty.
A. For purposes of this section:
"Generator" means a generator of large quantities of organic waste, including public and nonpublic school facilities, supermarkets, convenience stores, or similar establishments; a business, school, or institutional cafeteria; and a cafeteria operated by or on behalf of the Commonwealth or a locality.
"Organic waste" means material derived from the processing or discarding of food, including pre-consumer and post-consumer vegetables, fruits, grains, dairy products, and meats.
B. Any locality may, by ordinance, require that certain generators separate organic waste from other solid waste and ensure that such organic waste is diverted from final disposal in a refuse disposal system. The ordinance may require that generators divert organic waste from final disposal in a refuse disposal system by (i) reducing the amount of food residuals generated; (ii) donating servable food; (iii) managing the organic waste in an on-site organics recycling system; (iv) providing for the collection and transportation of organic waste for agricultural use, including for use as animal feed or for processing in an organics recycling facility

or anaerobic digester; or (v) engaging in some combination of those waste diversion activities. However, a locality that adopts an ordinance pursuant to this section shall require that a business generating at least one ton of organic waste weekly compost such organic waste at a permitted facility if such facility is within 30 miles of the business
, unless the business demonstrates in writing that the permitted facility will not accept the organic waste
.
C. The ordinance shall only apply to a generator that generates a threshold amount of organic waste, as established in the ordinance. Such generator may apply for a waiver from the above requirements if the generator demonstrates undue hardship in accordance with criteria established by the locality.
D. The ordinance may establish civil penalties for violations of the ordinance. A locality shall first issue a warning to a generator that violates the ordinance. After receiving a warning, a generator that subsequently violates the ordinance is subject to a civil penalty to be collected in a civil action brought by the locality. The civil penalty is $250 for a second violation, $500 for a third violation, and $1,000 for a fourth or subsequent violation. Each day a violation occurs is a separate violation. Penalties collected under the ordinance shall be payable to the treasury of the locality.
§
22.1-141.2:1
. Waste disposal infrastructure.
A. For purposes of this section:
"Organic waste" means the same as that term is defined in §
15.2-937.1
.
"Waste disposal infrastructure" means a physical waste disposal line located near a cafeteria that allows a student to efficiently and properly dispose of organic waste at the end of a meal.
B. 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 that includes a place for the disposal of trash, recyclables, and organic waste and a sink for liquid waste.