VA SB616 | 2024 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on March 8 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-08 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Department of Forestry; Office of Farmland Preservation transferred. Transfers from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Department of Forestry the Office of Farmland Preservation and its powers and duties and reporting requirements, the Virginia Farm Link Program, the Century Farm Program, and the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund. The bill renames the Office as the Office of Working Lands Preservation. The bill makes technical amendments to effectuate the transfer and requires the Department of Environmental Quality to report to the Department of Forestry by July 1 of each year certain enumerated information about nonpoint source nutrient credits certified in the previous year that involve land use conversion.

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Title

Farmland Preservation, Office of; transfers Office to Dept. of Forestry.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2024-02-19 - House - House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) (Y: 99 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-14 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-05 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2024-01-23 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2024-03-08 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0010)
2024-03-08 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 10 (effective 7/1/24)
2024-03-01 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 8, 2024
2024-03-01SenateEnrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 1, 2024
2024-02-24SenateSigned by President
2024-02-21HouseSigned by Speaker
2024-02-21SenateBill text as passed Senate and House (SB616ER)
2024-02-21SenateEnrolled
2024-02-19HouseVOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19HousePassed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
2024-02-19HouseRead third time
2024-02-16HouseRead second time
2024-02-14HouseReported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
2024-02-13HouseReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2024-02-13HouseRead first time
2024-02-13HousePlaced on Calendar
2024-02-05SenateRead third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2024-02-02SenatePrinted as engrossed 24104857D-E
2024-02-02SenateEngrossed by Senate as amended SB616E
2024-02-02SenateFinance and Appropriations Committee amendments agreed to
2024-02-02SenateReading of amendments waived
2024-02-02SenateAgriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee amendments agreed to
2024-02-02SenateReading of amendments waived
2024-02-02SenateRead second time
2024-02-01SenateConstitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2024-01-31SenateReported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-23SenateRereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2024-01-23SenateReported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
2024-01-10SenateReferred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2024-01-10SenatePrefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104857D

Same As/Similar To

HB892 (Similar To) 2024-03-26 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0146)

Subjects


Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
1011105.1(n/a)See Bill Text
1011119.2(n/a)See Bill Text
1011119.7(n/a)See Bill Text
221509.4(n/a)See Bill Text
32102(n/a)See Bill Text
32200(n/a)See Bill Text
32205(n/a)See Bill Text
462749.102(n/a)See Bill Text
581512(n/a)See Bill Text

Virginia State Sources

TypeSource
Summaryhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB616
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB616+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB616E+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+SB616ER+hil
Texthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0010+hil
Amendmenthttps://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/24105930A.pdf
Amendmenthttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+amd+SB616AS
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB616F122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB616FE122+PDF
Supplementhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+oth+SB616FER122+PDF
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S01V0018+SB0616
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+S05V0068+SB0616
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0184SB0616+SB0616
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+SV0199SB0616+SB0616
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+H01V0090+SB0616
Roll Callhttps://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+vot+HV0872+SB0616

Bill Comments

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