Virginia House Bill 825 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Pending: House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Herd shares; written shared herd ownership agreements; requirements; penalty. Authorizes any person to enter into a written agreement with the owner of a herd of milk-producing animals to obtain an ownership interest in the owner's milking herd and any of the milking herd's unpasteurized milk production equal to the percentage ownership interest, subject to certain requirements relating to filing with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, packaging, acknowledging certain dangers, and prohibiting sale or resale. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the Department of Health to investigate any illness that results from the consumption of unpasteurized milk provided pursuant to such an agreement. Any violation is a Class 1 misdemeanor, with each day of violation being counted as a separate offense. The bill authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt related regulations.

Herd shares; written shared herd ownership agreements, regulations, penalty.

Del. Barry Knight [R]

2018-02-05 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-02-05	House	Subcommittee recommends striking from docket (8-Y 0-N)
2018-02-02	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1
2018-01-09	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2018-01-09	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18102330D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	5234	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	5239	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB825
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB825+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+vot+H0101V0027+HB0825