VirginiaVirginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; OSAF to develop and implement comprehensive Plan, report.
What it does
Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry; Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; report. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, during the first year of each new gubernatorial administration, to develop and implement a written comprehensive Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan that is designed to be enacted over the course of such gubernatorial administration's term. The Secretary is directed to submit a report detailing the progress made toward the development and implementation of the Plan to the Governor and to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1 of the first year of each new gubernatorial administration.
More detail
This bill is identical to SB 719.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 800 (effective 7/1/2026)Became Law
- Mar 10Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026To Governor
- Mar 10Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026Minor
- Mar 4Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 4Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 4Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
- Mar 4Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB512ER)Major
- Mar 4EnrolledMinor
- Feb 27Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 27Read third timeMinor
- Feb 26Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 26Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 26Rules suspended
- Feb 24Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 3Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Feb 2Engrossed by House as amended
- Feb 2committee amendment agreed toMajor
- Feb 2Read second timeMinor
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 19Assigned HACNR sub: AgricultureMinor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103266DIntroduced