Virginia House Bill 396 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-01 - House: Continued to 2013 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

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 disseminated in Virginia. Any activity involving a tier 1 invasive plant would be prohibited without written approval, while the provision of tier 2 invasive plants to consumers by nurseries and landscaping services would be permitted if the provider were to clearly identify the plants as tier 2 invasive plants.

Invasive plants; Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to control.

Del. Patrick Hope [D]

Sen. Scott Surovell [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-02-01		House: Continued to 2013 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2012-01-25		House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2013 by voice vote
2012-01-18		House: Assigned ACNRsub: Natural Resources
2012-01-10		House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2012-01-10		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/12 12100181D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	800	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	802	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	804	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	805	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+sum+HB396
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB396+hil