Virginia Senate Bill 1582 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 20 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2017-01-26 - Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Virginia Farm Pride Beef label. Authorizes the Director of the Division of Marketing of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to use a Virginia Farm Pride Beef label to indicate that a beef product has been certified as Virginia Farm Pride Beef by an accredited certifying agent. The bill requires a producer of such beef to meet all of the applicable federal standards for organic livestock except the livestock health care practice standard related to antibiotics. The bill also directs VDACS to adopt regulations for the administration of the program.

Virginia Farm Pride Beef label; VDACS authorized to use on certified beef products.

Sen. Jill Vogel [R]

2017-01-26 - Senate - Senate: Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-26	Senate	Stricken at request of Patron in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2017-01-20	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2017-01-20	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 17104046D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	4328	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4331	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1582
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB1582+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S01V0045+SB1582