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2011 SESSION

Agriculture, Animal Care and Food
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  • HB 1541 Agricultural animals; care by owner, penalty.
  • HB 1549 Virginia-grown food products; purchase by state agencies and institutions, etc.
  • HB 1556 Bear hound training; allows training of dogs to hunt bears to occur at night.
  • HB 1558 Overweight farm machinery, etc.; prohibits operation on any Interstate Highway System component.
  • HB 1621 Open-space land; expands definition.
  • HB 1685 Agricultural net energy metering; creates a category of eligible customer-generators.
  • HB 1716 Protective orders; court may include in provisions prohibiting harm to companion animal, etc.
  • HB 1725 Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund; created.
  • HB 1751 Lawn fertilizers; prohibits use and application of those that contain phosphorus.
  • HB 1759 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc.
  • HB 1800 Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Commission; establish position of Inspector Gen.
  • HB 1827 Overweight permits; issuance for operation of certain vehicles used for hauling farm animal feed.
  • HB 1831 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.
  • HB 1842 Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications.
  • HB 1889 Tracking dogs; may be used to find wounded or dead bear or deer.
  • HB 1930 Animal abuser registry; established.
  • HB 1942 Retail Sales & Use Tax; exempts certain agricultural produce when sold in farmers markets.
  • HB 2048 Packaged ice; person who establishes ice plant or offers to sell ice needs a license.
  • HB 2057 Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer, penalties.
  • HB 2078 Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; creates program administrator, review of applications.
  • HB 2108 Humane investigators; allows appointment thereof.
  • HB 2114 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; membership.
  • HB 2115 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission; performance audit, report.
  • HB 2134 Law-enforcement canines; regulation of rabies.
  • HB 2186 Chesapeake Bay crab meat; containers should include at least 51% by weight, crab taken from Bay.
  • HB 2195 Cats and dogs; requires veterinarians to keep records of devocalization procedures, penalty.
  • HB 2290 Virginia Property Owners’ Association Act; notice to lot owners of pesticide use.
  • HB 2312 Animal care; redefines home-based rescue.
  • HB 2348 Fertilizer and deicing agents; requires certain localities to regulate sale and application.
  • HB 2401 Workers' compensation; increases farm and horticultural laborers to remain exempt from requirements.
  • HB 2463 Fertilizer and deicing agents; regulation of application, report.
  • HB 2482 Animal care; enforcement procedures and standards related to animal cruelty.
  • HB 2516 Income tax, state; allows taxpayer to transfer certain tax credits to another.
  • SB 842 Humane investigators; appointment.
  • SB 868 Damage of crops and livestock; lawful killing of deer, elk, and bear.
  • SB 875 Renewable portfolio standard program; forest products.
  • SB 920 Home food inspections; exempts private homes that process certain pickles and vegetables.
  • SB 922 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling.
  • SB 963 Aquaculture opportunity zones; removes authority of MRC to establish commercial shellfish zones.
  • SB 968 Endangered and threatened species; consolidates various programs administered by VDACS, et al.
  • SB 973 Weights and measures; imposition of fee used for inspecting and testing petroleum dispensing pumps.
  • SB 974 Income tax, state; agricultural best management practices tax credits.
  • SB 990 Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; regulation of fertilizer.
  • SB 1026 Agricultural animals; care by owner, penalty.
  • SB 1055 Fertilizer; regulation of application and labeling, report.
  • SB 1059 Master Settlement Agreement; regulation of cigarette manufacturers.
  • SB 1079 Cattle Industry Board; name change to Beef Industry Council.
  • SB 1088 Land preservation tax credits; refunded by the Tax Commissioner.
  • SB 1090 Virginia-grown food products; purchase by state agencies and institutions, etc.
  • SB 1092 Agricultural and Forestal Districts Act; creates program administrator, review of applications.
  • SB 1101 Income tax, state & corporate; tax credit for using livestock waste nutrient to produce electricity.
  • SB 1104 Open-space land; expands definition.
  • SB 1105 Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund; created.
  • SB 1108 Home food inspections; exempts private home whose resident processes honey produced from hives.
  • SB 1190 Aquaculture production activities; authority of local governments.
  • SB 1210 Motor fuel inspection; affixation of decal showing state and federal taxes.
  • SB 1267 Contraband and unstamped cigarettes; decreases threshold possession amount that triggers jail time.
  • SB 1268 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; bond requirements and escrow payments by certain manufacturers.
  • SB 1280 Boards, commissions, and councils; makes policy improvements and clarifications.
  • SB 1380 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; presidents of VPISU & VSU may appoint designees, etc.
  • SB 1443 Public Procurement Act; establishes preference in state contracting for goods produced in State.
  • SB 1465 Lawn fertilizers; regulation of application and labeling.