Virginia Senate Bill 1305 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 26 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions. Requires farm buildings and structures where the public is invited to enter and that are used for storage, handling, production, display, sampling, or sale of agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, or silvicultural products produced on the farm and that are exempt from the Uniform Statewide Building Code (the building code) to have (i) portable fire extinguishers, (ii) a simple written plan in case of an emergency, and (iii) a sign posted in a conspicuous place upon entry that states that the building is exempt from the provisions of the building code. The bill also directs the Agritourism Event Structure Technical Advisory Committee to meet at least four times between the 2023 and 2024 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly and provides guidance to the Committee on topics to be considered related to fire safety and the welfare of the general public. Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions. Requires farm buildings and structures where the public is invited to enter and that are used for storage, handling, production, display, sampling, or sale of agricultural, horticultural, floricultural, or silvicultural products produced on the farm and that are exempt from the Uniform Statewide Building Code (the building code) to have (i) portable fire extinguishers, (ii) a simple written plan in case of an emergency, and (iii) a sign posted in a conspicuous place upon entry that states that the building is exempt from the provisions of the building code. The bill also directs the Agritourism Event Structure Technical Advisory Committee to meet at least four times between the 2023 and 2024 Regular Sessions of the General Assembly and provides guidance to the Committee on topics to be considered related to fire safety and the welfare of the general public.

Farm buildings and structures; building code exemptions.

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

2023-02-21 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-16 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N) (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-26		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0644)
2023-03-26		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 644 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-03-02		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-03-02	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023
2023-02-24	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-24	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-24	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1305ER)
2023-02-24	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-21	House	VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2023-02-21	House	Read third time
2023-02-20	House	Read second time
2023-02-16	House	Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N)
2023-02-16	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
2023-02-13	House	Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #2
2023-02-10	House	Referred to Committee on General Laws
2023-02-10	House	Read first time
2023-02-10	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-01-31	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2023-01-30	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1305S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105090D-S1
2023-01-30	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-01-30	Senate	Read second time
2023-01-27	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-25	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105090D-S1
2023-01-25	Senate	Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
2023-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
2023-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102069D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1305
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1305+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1305S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1305ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0644+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105090D.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1305F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1305FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1305FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S12V0067+SB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0133SB1305+SB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0155SB1305+SB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H1102V0037+SB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H11V0163+SB1305
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2079+SB1305