Virginia House Joint Resolution 15 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on December 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-02-13 - Left in Rules
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Study; eliminate food deserts in Virginia; report. Requests the Secretary of Health and Human Resources to study use of community gardens as a method of eliminating food deserts in the Commonwealth. In conducting the study, the Secretary is requested to (i) examine options for increasing access to healthy and affordable food products for low-income and poor citizens and impoverished communities throughout the Commonwealth and (ii) evaluate the benefits of and barriers to use of community gardens as an option for increasing access to healthy and affordable food for products for low-income and poor citizens and impoverished communities throughout the Commonwealth and develop recommendations for overcoming such barriers. The Secretary of Health and Human Resources must submit his findings and recommendations to the 2019 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Community gardens; Sec. of HHR to study use of gardens to eliminate food deserts in Commonwealth.

Del. Delores McQuinn [D]	Del. Dawn Adams [D]	Sen. Lashrecse Aird [D]	Sen. Lamont Bagby [D]
Sen. Jennifer Boysko [D]	Del. Betsy Carr [D]	Del. Karrie Delaney [D]	Del. Eileen Filler-Corn [D]
Del. Wendy Gooditis [D]	Del. Patrick Hope [D]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Jerrauld Jones [D]
Del. Mark Keam [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]	Del. Mark Levine [D]	Del. Joesph Lindsey [D]
Del. Michael Mullin [D]	Del. Kenneth Plum [D]	Del. Marcia Price [D]	Del. Sam Rasoul [D]
Del. Debra Rodman [D]	Del. Marcus Simon [D]	Del. Roslyn Tyler [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-02-13	House	Left in Rules
2018-01-19	House	Assigned Rules sub: Subcommittee #1
2017-12-20	House	Referred to Committee on Rules
2017-12-20	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100823D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HJ15
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HJ15+hil