Committee combines mattress and tire measures into single substitute, approves amendment to add tires

A Virginia Senate subcommittee combined two separate bills addressing waste mattresses and waste tires into a single substitute and approved a conceptual line amendment to add tire language to the mattress substitute.

Senator Angela Williams Graves' bill on waste mattresses and a Senator Head bill on waste tires were rolled together; committee members adopted a substitute for the mattress bill and then agreed in concept to a line amendment that would add tire language to the substitute. After debate about the procedural effect of rolling one bill into another and how the substitute overlays earlier language, the committee adopted the amendment in concept and asked staff to draft the exact line insertion. The substitute as amended was then put to a roll-call vote and recorded as “Ayes 14, No 0.”

Why it matters: the action consolidates oversight of two distinct waste streams—mattresses and tires—into a single legislative vehicle for further development. Combining the issues moves both topics forward as a single policy package and directs staff to produce implementing language. The committee specifically requested that staff place the tire language into an appropriate line of the substitute and that council staff handle the drafting.

What the committee recorded: the substitute was adopted; an amendment “in concept” to add tire language was agreed; the amended substitute was reported by roll call 14-0 and will proceed to the next stage.

Key speakers who explained the process included the bill patrons and committee members who framed the procedural steps for adopting a substitute and rolling bills together.