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Mattress Stewardship Program established; report. Establishes the Mattress Stewardship Program that allows certain industry associations to administer the Program as a mattress recycling organization with the 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. 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. Finally, the bill establishes the powers and duties of the Department as they relate to the bill.
Introduced
Jan 1, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 2 co
Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A)
Read third time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 5-N 1-A)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Read third time and passed House (67-Y 30-N 0-A)
committee substitute agreed to
Read second time
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
Read first time
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB86)
Committee substitute printed 26106445D-H1
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (19-Y 3-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB86)
House subcommittee offered
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102360D
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Passed Senate (20-Y 20-N 0-A)
Amy J. Laufer
Jackie H. Glass
Paul E. Krizek