Virginia House Bill 1881 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Engrossed on February 6 2023 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-22 - Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services
Pending: Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Comm Sub) [HTML]

Industrial hemp; monopolies; registration and renewal fees. Imposes limits on the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by prohibiting the Commissioner from granting, suspending, or revoking any registration for growing, dealing in, or processing of industrial hemp or hemp products in a manner that allows for the creation of a monopoly or otherwise lessens competition in the industrial hemp or hemp product industries in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have equal access to apply to the Commissioner for any such registration and prohibits the Commissioner from setting the fee for such any registration or renewal thereof in excess of $250. Industrial hemp; monopolies; registration and renewal fees. Imposes limits on the powers of the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services by prohibiting the Commissioner from granting, suspending, or revoking any registration for growing, dealing in, or processing of industrial hemp or hemp products in a manner that allows for the creation of a monopoly or otherwise lessens competition in the industrial hemp or hemp product industries in the Commonwealth. The bill also provides that all citizens of the Commonwealth shall have equal access to apply to the Commissioner for any such registration and prohibits the Commissioner from setting the fee for such any registration or renewal thereof in excess of $250.

Industrial hemp; registration and renewal fees, no fee shall exceed $250.

Del. Nicholas Freitas [R]

2023-02-20 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (8-Y 4-N 3-A) (Y: 8 N: 4 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-07 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N) (Y: 52 N: 47 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - House - House: Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N) (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N) (Y: 6 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-22	Senate	Left in Rehabilitation and Social Services
2023-02-21	Senate	Recommitted to Rehabilitation and Social Services
2023-02-21	Senate	Motion to recommit to committee agreed to
2023-02-21	Senate	Read third time
2023-02-20	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-02-17	Senate	Reported from Rehabilitation and Social Services with amendment (8-Y 4-N 3-A)
2023-02-08	Senate	Referred to Committee on Rehabilitation and Social Services
2023-02-08	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2023-02-07	House	VOTE: Passage (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-07	House	Read third time and passed House (52-Y 47-N)
2023-02-06	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1881H1
2023-02-06	House	Committee substitute agreed to 23104920D-H1
2023-02-06	House	Read second time
2023-02-05	House	Read first time
2023-02-02	House	Committee substitute printed 23104920D-H1
2023-02-02	House	Reported from General Laws with substitute (16-Y 6-N)
2023-01-31	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 2-N)
2023-01-23	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #5
2023-01-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-01-10	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102621D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
4	1	604.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1881
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1881+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1881H1+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23104920D.pdf
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/23104920D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+HB1881AS
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+HB1881FH1122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1105V0003+HB1881
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0085+HB1881
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1616+HB1881
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S09V0080+HB1881
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0630HB1881+HB1881