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months in jail, a maximum fine of $2,500 or both.
Fralin’s original legislation would have increased the minimum fine for those convicted of littering from $250 to $750. But members of the House Committee on Transportation revised it to keep the current penalty.
HB 805 now moves to the Senate Committee on Transportation.
The Senate last week wrestled with a different issue involving cigarettes: a bill that would ban smoking indoors in most public places.
Senators defeated the bill on a vote of 18 to 20, but they later voted to reconsider the matter. Unlike a similar attempt last year, SB 648, would allow local governments to decide if the ban applies to restaurants.
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