Agriculture Animal Care And Food
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Hemp products; regulation. [HB-897]
Regulated hemp products. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority to establish a scheme for the regulation of hemp products intended for smoking, edible hemp products, and topical hemp products.
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Gubernatorial appointments to boards; membership and terms. [HB-1102]
Gubernatorial appointments to boards; membership and terms. Revises the length of terms for persons appointed to several commodity and commodity-related boards within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and further standardizes the term dates so all terms begin on July 1 and end on June 30. The bill amends the membership of the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, standardizes the term dates for appointments to the Board of Visitors for Mount Vernon, and clarifies that certain members of the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Paraquat information; VDH to develop information sheet regarding public health risks of pesticide. [HB-1089]
Paraquat information. Requires the Department of Health to develop an information sheet regarding the public health risks of the pesticide known as paraquat and make the sheet available to download from its website. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to require that employers with employees licensed to apply paraquat provide a copy of the information sheet to each licensee, keep records concerning licensees, and update and annually report data regarding the use of paraquat to the Department of Health. Paraquat
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Breeding dogs or cats for foreign animal testing facility; prohibited, penalty. [HB-1061]
Breeding dogs or cats for foreign animal testing facility prohibited; penalty. Prohibits a person from breeding or raising a dog or cat for the purpose of selling or transferring the dog or cat, or its offspring, to an animal testing facility outside of the United States. A violation of the bill is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; expands eligibility for participation. [HB-828]
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; emergency. Expands eligibility for participation in the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program to include dairy producers who have an approved Natural Resource Conservation Service nutrient management or soil health plan developed by an approved planner. The bill also changes the application deadline from February 1 to May 15 each year and includes an emergency clause.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Slaughter and meat-processing facilities; expanding facilities through strategic planning, etc. [HB-830]
Slaughter and meat-processing facilities. Establishes that it is the policy of the General Assembly to encourage, expand, and develop slaughter and meat-processing facilities through strategic planning and financial incentive programs. The bill directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop a five-year strategic plan to increase total combined throughput capacity of slaughter and meat-processing facilities.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Food and drink law; permitting requirements. [HB-837]
Food and drink law; permitting requirements. Requires any food manufacturer, food storage warehouse, and retail food establishment to obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services prior to operating. Any such entity issued a permit is exempt from any other license, permit, or inspection required for the sale, preparation, or handling of food. The bill requires the Commissioner to notify such entities of the reason for denial of a permit and requires that any denial, suspension, or revocation of a permit be carried out
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Pet shops; notice of deceased animals. [HB-523]
Pet shops; reporting. Requires pet shops to retain records indicating any time a dog or cat in its possession dies or is euthanized. Such records shall be maintained for two years and made available to animal control officers and the State Animal Welfare Inspector. Pet shops; reporting. Requires pet shops to retain records indicating any time a dog or cat in its possession dies or is euthanized. Such records shall be maintained for two years and made available to animal control officers and the State Animal Welfare Inspector.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion. [HB-831]
Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
County or city public animal shelters; return of animals after expiration of stray hold period. [HB-373]
County or city public animal shelters; return of animals after expiration of stray hold period. Authorizes an animal shelter to return a cat to the place from which it was taken after the expiration of the stray hold period. Any such cat shall be vaccinated for rabies, spayed or neutered, and eartipped.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Dangerous and vicious dogs; civil liability, knowledge of propensity not required. [HB-467]
Dangerous and vicious dogs; civil liability; knowledge of propensity not required. Provides that a dog owner may be civilly liable for a bite or attack by his dog regardless of whether he knew or should have known of such dog's propensity for vicious, dangerous, or otherwise aggressive behavior.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Noxious weeds; amends definition to exclude plants that are commercially significant. [HB-491]
Noxious weeds. Amends the definition of "noxious weeds" to exclude plants that are commercially significant, directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Board) to implement a phase out period when a new plant is listed as a noxious weed, directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to provide signs to nurseries and retail plant outlets listing invasive plants sold in the Commonwealth, and authorizes the Board to adopt regulations for permits required to move noxious weeds, or a part thereof, into or within the Commonwealth.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Food manufacturers; operating in historic buildings. [SB-305]
Food manufacturers operating in historic buildings. Authorizes the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to exempt food manufacturers operating in historic buildings from certain laws and regulations related to the structure of a building if the food manufacturer is deemed to be producing food products that are low risk of being adulterated.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Digestate; definition, definition of anaerobic digestion. [SB-248]
Fertilizer; digestate. Clarifies that a regulated product, for the purposes of fertilizer law, includes digestate. Digestate is defined in the bill as a biologically stable material derived from the process of anaerobic digestion. The bill also includes digestate in fertilizer labeling requirements.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Gubernatorial appointments to boards; membership and terms. [SB-308]
Gubernatorial appointments to boards; membership and terms. Revises the length of terms for persons appointed to several commodity and commodity-related boards within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and further standardizes the term dates so all terms begin on July 1 and end on June 30. The bill amends the membership of the Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, standardizes the term dates for appointments to the Board of Visitors for Mount Vernon, and clarifies that certain members of the A.L. Philpott Manufacturing
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Vicious dogs; law-enforcement officer, etc., to apply to a magistrate for a summons, etc. [SB-279]
Vicious dogs. Requires a law-enforcement officer or animal control officer to apply to a magistrate for a summons for a vicious dog if such officer is located in either the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides or in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog committed one of the acts set forth in the definition of a vicious dog. Current law requires such action only if the law-enforcement officer or animal control officer is located in the jurisdiction where the vicious dog resides. The bill also requires any evidentiary hearing or appeal to be
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; increases grant for certain projects. [HB-323]
Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Increases from $25,000 to $50,000 the amount of a grant that may be made to a political subdivision for projects that support local food production and sustainable agriculture.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Noxious weeds and invasive plants; dissemination of consumer information. [HB-314]
Dissemination of consumer information about noxious weeds and invasive plants. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop, by January 1, 2023, a brochure for use by retail establishments that sell plants that explains the value of native plants and the harm of noxious weeds and other invasive plants. Dissemination of consumer information about noxious weeds and invasive plants. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop, by January 1, 2023, a brochure for use by retail establishments
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Dogs and cats; procurement for research. [HB-255]
Procurement of dogs and cats for research. Prohibits any state entity, including a public institution of higher education, from procuring dogs or cats for research purposes from a person or entity that has received certain citations pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act.
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Agribusiness; includes farmers markets and roadside farm markets. [HB-262]
Agribusiness. Clarifies that existing agribusiness in the Commonwealth includes farmers markets and roadside farm markets.