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 HB 512.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 13Approved by Governor Abigail Spanberger-Chapter 831 (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 5Signed by PresidentMajor
- Mar 5Signed by SpeakerMajor
- Mar 5Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB719)
- Mar 5Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB719ER)Major
- Mar 5EnrolledMinor
- Mar 2Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)Major
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 2Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- Mar 2Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed House
- Mar 2Read third timeMinor
- Feb 27Read second timeMinor
- Feb 25Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 5Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 5Read first timeMinor
- Feb 5Placed on Calendar
- Feb 2Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB719)
- Jan 30Engrossed by Senate as amended
- Jan 30Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Jan 30Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment agreed toMajor
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 29Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 29Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Jan 29Rules suspended
- Jan 27Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Senate committee offered
- Jan 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB719)
- Jan 14Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 14Presented and ordered printed 26105420DIntroduced