Virginia House Bill 2068 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 16-2)
Status: Passed on March 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $25,000, shall be awarded on a competitive basis to support infrastructure development projects that support local food production and sustainable farming. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop guidelines for the Program that favor projects that establish or maintain farmers markets; businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of food products primarily from local and regional producers; and primarily locally owned processing facilities. Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $25,000, shall be awarded on a competitive basis to support infrastructure development projects that support local food production and sustainable farming. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop guidelines for the Program that favor projects that establish or maintain farmers markets; businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of food products primarily from local and regional producers; and primarily locally owned processing facilities.

Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.

Del. Sam Rasoul [D]	Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Dan Helmer [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]
Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Lee Carter [D]	Del. Carrie Coyner [R]	Del. Elizabeth Guzman [D]
Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Sen. Danica Roem [D]
Del. Ibraheem Samirah [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Shelly Simonds [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]
Del. Lee Ware [R]	Del. Rodney Willett [D]

2021-02-19 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-16 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N) (Y: 100 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-25 - House - House: Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N) (Y: 19 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2021-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-18		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)
2021-03-18		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/21)
2021-02-26		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
2021-02-26	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
2021-02-25	House	Signed by Speaker
2021-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2021-02-24	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2068ER)
2021-02-24	House	Enrolled
2021-02-19	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-19	Senate	Committee substitute rejected 21200188D-S1
2021-02-19	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2021-02-19	Senate	Read third time
2021-02-18	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-16	Senate	Committee substitute printed 21200188D-S1
2021-02-16	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
2021-02-05	Senate	Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2021-01-29	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2021-01-28	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-28	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	House	Read second time and engrossed
2021-01-26	House	Read first time
2021-01-25	House	Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N)
2021-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	House	Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
2021-01-20	House	Referred to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-20	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
2021-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
2021-01-20	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2021-01-15	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2021-01-12	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2021-01-12	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102653D

HB2068 (Carry Over) 2021-02-05 - Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	303	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	304	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	310	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	311	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2068
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2068+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2068S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2068ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0185+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21200188D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2068F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2068FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+oth+HB2068FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0101C0001+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H01C0041+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H0201C0002+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+H02C0021+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+HC1216+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01C0072+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+S01V0010+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0174HB2068+HB2068
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+vot+SV0206HB2068+HB2068