Agriculture Animal Care And Food
Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund, report. [SB-196]
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the
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Sponsored by: Sen. Taylor Mason
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0084) on 04/05/2022
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Restaurants; on-site certified food protection managers. [SB-146]
Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation. Prepared foods; certified food protection managers. Provides that regulations adopted by the State Board of Health shall not require an establishment that sells only prepared food to have a certified food protection manager on site during all hours of operation.
Sponsored by: Sen. David Suetterlein
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0393) on 04/11/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. [SB-90]
Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder of dogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility that no longer has a need for a dog or cat in its possession to offer the animal for adoption prior to euthanizing it. Currently, only animal testing facilities are subject to this requirement. Breeders of dogs and cats for animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats. Requires a breeder of dogs and cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility that no longer
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0091) on 04/05/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Breeders of cats and dogs; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. [SB-88]
Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep records of each animal for five years from the date of the acquisition, transfer, or disposition and to quarterly submit a summary of the records to the State Veterinarian. Breeders; records of animals sold or transferred to animal testing facility. Requires any person or entity that breeds dogs or cats for sale or transfer to an animal testing facility to keep
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0093) on 04/05/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Pet shops; sale of unneutered or unspayed dogs and cats prohibited, penalty. [SB-89]
Pet shops; sale of unneutered or unspayed dogs and cats prohibited; penalty. Prohibits a pet shop from selling a dog or cat unless it has first been spayed or neutered. A violation is a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Sponsored by: Sen. William Stanley
Continued To 2023 In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (10-y 0-n) on 02/08/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Dealers; prohibits sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. [SB-87]
Dealers; sale of dogs or cats for experimental purposes. Prohibits a dealer, commercial dog breeder, or cat breeder, including an entity that breeds dogs or cats regulated under federal law as research animals, from importing for sale, selling, or offering for sale a dog or cat bred by a person who has received certain citations on or after July 1, 2023, pursuant to the federal Animal Welfare Act.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0095) on 04/05/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Animal care; zoos and petting zoos, seizure of animals. [HB-53]
Animal care; zoos and petting zoos; seizure of Animal care; zoos and petting zoos; seizure of animals. Defines animals located at a zoo or petting zoo as agricultural animals for the standards for seizure or impoundment of companion animals. The bill also contains technical amendments.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ronnie Campbell
Continued To 2023 In Agriculture, Conservation And Natural Resources (15-y 0-n) on 03/01/2022
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Virginia 2022 Regular Session
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation for funding the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund, report. [HB-20]
Alcoholic beverage control; tax allocation; funding for Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. Requires that 20 percent of the 20 percent tax levied on alcoholic beverages sold by the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority that is attributable to the sale of spirits produced by a distiller licensee be deposited in the Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund. The bill requires the Virginia Spirits Board to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly by October 1 regarding its activities and use of moneys in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Hyland Fowler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0085) on 04/05/2022
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Animal testing facilities; definitions, adoption of dogs and cats, civil penalty. [SB-1417]
Animal testing facilities; adoption of dogs and cats; civil penalty. Requires any animal testing facility, defined in the bill, that no longer has need for a dog or cat in its possession that does not pose a health or safety risk to the public or itself to offer, for a reasonable period of time prior to euthanasia, such dog or cat for adoption to a releasing agency or through a private placement or in the case of a testing facility operated by an agency or institution of higher education, develop its own adoption program. The bill authorizes an
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jennifer Boysko
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0340) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Food and drink permit; Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to issue. [HB-2275]
Food and drink permit requirements; regulations. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Commissioner), after conducting the required inspection, to issue a permit for the operation of any food manufacturer, food storage warehouse, or retail food establishment. The bill prohibits the operation of such manufacturer, warehouse, or establishment without a permit unless the inspection finds no significant health hazard and the business is awaiting receipt of its permit, which shall be processed within 30 days of the inspection.
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Sponsored by: Rep. Gwendolyn Gooditis
Defeated By Senate (18-y 21-n) on 02/22/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Tax credit; agricultural best management practices. [HB-1763]
Tax credit; agricultural best management practices. Creates an enhanced individual and corporate income tax credit for taxable years 2021 through 2024 for the implementation of certain agricultural best management practices by the taxpayer that are required as part of a certified resource management plan. The enhanced tax credit is equal to 50 percent of the first $100,000 expended in implementing certain agricultural best management practices, and each amount shall be consistent with the rate offered for each eligible practice under the Virginia
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tony Wilt
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0039) on 03/11/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Invasive plant species; DCR, et al., to study the sale and use of species. [HJR-527]
Study; Department of Conservation and Recreation and Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species work group; report. Requests the Department of Conservation and Recreation, jointly with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, to establish a work group to study the sale and use of invasive plant species. The resolution requests that the departments work with several state agencies, conservation nonprofits, plant industry and agriculture groups, local government associations, and other stakeholders
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Bill Text As Passed House And Senate (hj527er) on 02/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia. [HB-1751]
Excise tax on peanuts. Extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2026, the sunset date of the excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia and reduces from $0.30 per 100 pounds to $0.25 per 100 pounds the excise tax rate. The proceeds from this tax are used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roslyn Tyler
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0120) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Industrial hemp; increases maximum THC concentration. [SB-1115]
Industrial hemp; federal hemp producer license; emergency. Updates Virginia's industrial hemp laws to address the new hemp producer license issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill changes drug laws to exclude the industrial hemp possessed by a federally licensed hemp producer from the definition of "marijuana" and to exclude certain amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in such industrial hemp from the prohibition on THC. The bill exempts federally licensed hemp producers from state industrial hemp registration requirements and adds
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Peake
Failed To Pass on 03/01/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia. [SB-1411]
Excise tax on peanuts. Extends from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2026, the sunset date of the excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia and reduces from $0.30 per 100 pounds to $0.25 per 100 pounds the excise tax rate. The proceeds from this tax are used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts.
Sponsored by: Sen. Louise Lucas
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0121) on 03/18/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established. [HB-1750]
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish and administer the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program (the Program). The bill provides that any dairy farmer that has a resource management plan or nutrient management plan and participates in the federal margin coverage program for dairy producers at the tier I level as contained in the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is eligible to participate in the Program. Under the bill, each
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Sponsored by: Rep. Kathleen Murphy
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0330) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Neonicotinoid pesticides; communication between beekeepers and applicators. [HB-2030]
Neonicotinoid pesticides; study. Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to study the Beekeeper Pollinator Protection Plan and voluntary best management practices for the purpose of proposing improvements to communication between beekeepers and applicators to reduce the risk to pollinators from neonicotinoid pesticides. The bill authorizes the Department to establish a stakeholder working group and directs it to report on its findings no later than December 1, 2021. Neonicotinoid pesticides; study. Directs the Department of Agriculture
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Sponsored by: Rep. Betsy Carr
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0458) on 03/31/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established. [SB-1193]
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish and administer the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program (the Program). The bill provides that any dairy farmer that has a resource management plan or nutrient management plan and participates in the federal margin coverage program for dairy producers at the tier I level as contained in the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is eligible to participate in the Program. Under the bill, each
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Obenshain
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0331) on 03/24/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, etc. [HB-2312]
Marijuana; legalization; retail sales; penalties. Eliminates criminal penalties for simple possession of up to one ounce of marijuana by persons 21 years of age or older, modifies several other criminal penalties related to marijuana, and imposes limits on dissemination of criminal history record information related to certain marijuana offenses. The bill creates the Virginia Cannabis Control Authority (the Authority), the Cannabis Oversight Commission, the Cannabis Public Health Advisory Council, the Cannabis Equity Reinvestment Board and Fund,
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Heretick
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0551) on 04/07/2021
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Virginia 2021 Special I
Industrial hemp; updates laws to address the new hemp producer license. [HB-2078]
Industrial hemp; federal hemp producer license; emergency. Updates Virginia's industrial hemp laws to address the new hemp producer license issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The bill changes drug laws to exclude the industrial hemp possessed by a federally licensed hemp producer from the definition of "marijuana" and to exclude certain amounts of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in such industrial hemp from the prohibition on THC. The bill exempts federally licensed hemp producers from state industrial hemp registration requirements and adds
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Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Keam
Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0110) on 03/12/2021