VA Code | §3-2 | Current
| State | Bill | Summary/Title | Last Action |
|---|---|---|---|
| VA | HB1562 | Control of dangerous and vicious dogs; penalties. Authorizes an animal control officer or law-enforcement officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons where the officer believes that the owner of a vicious dog has willfully failed to comply with t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0732) |
| VA | HB2048 | Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Wa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0756) |
| VA | HB2137 | Localities; environmental impact reports and the sale of certain deicing agents. Raises from $500,000 to $2 million the cost threshold at which a locality will be required to obtain an environmental impact report for a highway project. For certain pr... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0758) |
| VA | SB1279 | Consolidation of water quality programs. Moves several water quality programs currently administered by the Department of Conservation and Recreation to the Department of Environmental Quality. The Department of Environmental Quality and the State Wa... [Detail][Text] | 2013-04-03 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0793) |
| VA | HB2209 | Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board's powers and duties. Transfers authority for administration of the nutrient management certification program and responsibility for adopting regulations on nitrogen application rates from the Department of ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0593) |
| VA | HB1859 | Rabies clinics. Requires a local governing body to ensure that a rabies clinic is conducted to serve the jurisdiction at least once every two years. Currently, a clinic is to be held once a year if the local government finds that the number of reside... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0286) |
| VA | HB1852 | Inspection of food establishments and labeling of foods. Exempts private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products, including dried fruits, dry herbs, dry seasonings, nuts, vinegars, dried pasta, dry baking mixes, and cere... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-13 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0285) |
| VA | HB2086 | Regulatory powers of Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Removes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services' authority to adopt regulations establishing schedules for calibration of service agencies' weights and measures standards and aut... [Detail][Text] | 2013-03-06 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0125) |
| VA | SB828 | Control of dangerous and vicious dogs; penalties. Authorizes an animal control officer or law-enforcement officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons where the officer believes that the owner of a vicious dog has willfully failed to comply with t... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-23 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0058) |
| VA | SB698 | Excise tax on peanuts. Extends the $0.30 per 100 pounds excise tax on all peanuts grown in and sold in Virginia until July 1, 2016. The proceeds from the tax will be used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-22 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0040) |
| VA | HB1320 | Excise tax on peanuts. Extends the $0.30 per 100 pounds excise tax on all peanuts grown in and sold in Virginia until July 1, 2016. The proceeds from the tax will be used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts. [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0006) |
| VA | HB2085 | Division of Consumer Counsel of the Department of Law. Replaces references to the "Office of Consumer Affairs" with references to the "Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services" or the "Division of Consumer Counsel of the Department of Law." Th... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024) |
| VA | HB1430 | Right to Farm Act. Expands the definition of agricultural operations to include the commerce of farm-to-business and farm-to-consumer sales as well as commerce in other related items. The bill creates a rebuttable presumption that an agricultural ope... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-14 Passed by indefinitely in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 4-N) |
| VA | HB1893 | Virginia Adoptable and Transferable Companion Animal Registry. Requires the State Veterinarian to establish and maintain a website where representatives of releasing agencies may post information on companion animals that are available for adoption b... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1863 | Adoption of ordinances for the control of dangerous or vicious dogs. Expands the list of statutes that a locality may use as the basis for parallel ordinances by adding §3.2-6540, which deals with the control of dangerous or vicious dogs, to the... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB1839 | Home-produced operations. Exempts food products processed or prepared in private homes or farms from Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services regulations that apply to food establishments so long as the products are sold to end consumers and labele... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | HB2242 | Animal abuser registration; penalties. Requires anyone 18 or older who has been convicted of a felony violation of an animal cruelty law to register with the office of the primary law-enforcement agency in the locality when he is present in Virginia ... [Detail][Text] | 2013-02-05 |
| VA | SB610 | Regulation of care and handling of agricultural animals. Provides that the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services occupies the entire field of regulation of the care and handling of agricultural animals and that no locality or humane society... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-30 |
| VA | HB158 | Devocalization of cats and dogs; penalty. Requires veterinarians to keep records of devocalization procedures and provides that any person, including a licensed veterinarian, who performs a surgical devocalization on a cat or dog when such procedure ... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
| VA | HB396 | Invasive plants. Instructs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations for the control of invasive plants. The bill classifies invasive plants as belonging to one of two tiers, depending upon whether the plant is widely dissem... [Detail][Text] | 2012-11-29 |
