Virginia House Bill 491 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Passed on April 6 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; industrial hemp industry working group; report. Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to convene a working group to assess the opportunities for development and manufacturing in the industrial hemp industry. The Department shall report the analysis of the working group by November 30, 2020, to the Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources.

Industrial hemp; VDACS to convene work group to assess opportunities for development of industry.

Del. Daniel Marshall [R]	Del. Les Adams [R]	Del. James Edmunds [R]	Del. Mark Keam [D]
Del. Roxann Robinson [R]

2020-03-02 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 4 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-28 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 3 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 0-N) (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-04 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-06		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0745)
2020-04-06		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 745 (effective 7/1/20)
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-06	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-06	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-05	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB491ER)
2020-03-05	House	Enrolled
2020-03-02	House	VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	House	Senate amendments agreed to by House (99-Y 0-N)
2020-03-02	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (36-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Passed Senate with amendments (37-Y 0-N)
2020-02-28	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-28	Senate	Committee amendments agreed to
2020-02-28	Senate	Reading of amendments waived
2020-02-28	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 0-N)
2020-02-17	Senate	Assigned ACNR sub: Hemp
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-02-05	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-02-04	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-04	House	Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2020-02-03	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB491H1
2020-02-03	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20106384D-H1
2020-02-03	House	Read second time
2020-01-31	House	Read first time
2020-01-29	House	Committee substitute printed 20106384D-H1
2020-01-29	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2020-01-03	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2020-01-03	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20100900D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB491
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB491+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB491H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB491ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0745+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0101V0008+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0064+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0379+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0120+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1203HB0491+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1261HB0491+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1295HB0491+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1296HB0491+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1297HB0491+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1298HB0491+HB0491
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV1688+HB0491