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2020 SESSION
House Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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Plum (Chair), Gooditis (Vice Chair), Tyler, Bulova, Keam, Lopez, Tran, Helmer, Cole, J.G., Hudson, Simonds, Willett, Guy, Ware, Marshall, Gilbert, Poindexter, Edmunds, Wilt, Webert, Ransone, Bloxom
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- HB 5 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
- HB 20 Va. Alternative Energy & Coastal Protection Act; DEQ to implement final carbon trading regulation.
- HB 22 Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program.
- HB 24 Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction and Bond Rating Protection Act of 2020; established, report.
- HB 27 Cruelty to animals; serious bodily injury, first offense, penalty.
- HB 79 Menhaden; VMRC to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's fishery.
- HB 110 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative; trading allowance reserve account, etc.
- HB 119 Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.
- HB 126 Aquaculture oyster floats; tax credit for purchase of floats.
- HB 173 Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
- HB 205 Small renewable energy projects; permit by rule process.
- HB 210 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Montgomery County and City of Radford.
- HB 221 Tree conservation ordinance; Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act locality, designated trees.
- HB 234 Offshore Wind, Division of; established, report.
- HB 248 Industrial hemp products; signage, green cross emblem.
- HB 249 Hemp products; regulation, labeling.
- HB 282 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 297 Goats; grazing on stream buffers.
- HB 302 Litter tax; repeals annual tax.
- HB 314 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Loudoun County.
- HB 349 Hemp products; regulation, advertising.
- HB 356 Child labor; employment of children on tobacco farms, civil penalty.
- HB 379 Historical African American cemeteries; adds three cemeteries in Arlington County.
- HB 382 Virginia Shoreline Resiliency Fund; grant program.
- HB 388 Hunting elk; special license created.
- HB 389 Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction and Bond Rating Protection Act of 2020; established, report.
- HB 414 Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.
- HB 434 State parks; lifetime senior parking pass.
- HB 443 Coal combustion residuals impoundment; closures in Giles and Russell Counties.
- HB 448 Menhaden; management of the fishery, regulations.
- HB 449 Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction.
- HB 484 Hemp products; regulation, labeling.
- HB 491 Industrial hemp; VDACS to convene work group to assess opportunities for development of industry.
- HB 504 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.
- HB 507 Release of balloons prohibited; civil penalty.
- HB 508 Animal care; cruelty, dangerous dogs.
- HB 520 Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report.
- HB 525 Greenhouse gas emissions; State Air Pollution Control Board to conduct a statewide inventory.
- HB 533 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; definitions, prohibition on dispensing, penalty.
- HB 534 Disposable plastic bags; local tax.
- HB 542 Regional water resource planning; State Water Control Board regulations.
- HB 547 Virginia Energy and Economy Transition Council; established, report.
- HB 572 Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
- HB 573 Community solar development pilot program; low-income communities.
- HB 577 State Air Pollution Control Board; implementation of a low emissions vehicle program.
- HB 640 Product safety; liquid containers containing bisphenol A prohibited, civil penalty.
- HB 643 Pipeline construction; certification requirement, minimum diameter, stop work orders.
- HB 644 Pipeline construction projects; violations, cumulative effect, civil penalties.
- HB 646 Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation.
- HB 653 Condemned growing beds; electronic maps.
- HB 656 Solar energy projects; national standards.
- HB 657 Comprehensive plan; solar facilities review.
- HB 668 Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.
- HB 704 Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.
- HB 705 State air, waste, and water boards; permit authority, appointment of members.
- HB 706 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
- HB 709 Tobacco Indemnification & Community Revitalization Fund; investments in Va. venture capital accts.
- HB 714 Virginia Energy Plan; climate change pressing challenge.
- HB 751 Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; low-income loans, forgiveness of principal.
- HB 754 Virginia Brownfield and Coal Mine Renewable Energy Grant Fund and Program; established.
- HB 764 Domesticated animal premises; liability for transmission of domesticated animal pathogen.
- HB 770 Goats; grazing on stream buffers.
- HB 794 Flood Insurance Fund; established, low-income Virginians.
- HB 882 Stormwater management; use of a proprietary best management practice.
- HB 886 State Trails Advisory Committee; extends sunset provision.
- HB 905 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in City of Chesapeake.
- HB 912 Distributed renewable energy; promotes establishment of solar and other renewable energy.
- HB 942 Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
- HB 943 Industrial hemp; testing after harvest.
- HB 963 Bears; kill permit for those damaging crops.
- HB 981 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.
- HB 1002 Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grant Program; created.
- HB 1016 Offshore energy resources; moratorium on offshore oil and gas development.
- HB 1034 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Fund and Grant Program; established.
- HB 1038 Solid waste management facility; permit for landfill with capacity of more than 35 million tons.
- HB 1046 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition, civil penalty.
- HB 1065 Animal cruelty videos and photos; prohibited, penalty.
- HB 1074 Harassing animals; certain species.
- HB 1128 Discharge of deleterious substance into state waters; notice to State Water Control Board.
- HB 1129 Product safety; flame retardants, regulations, civil penalty.
- HB 1130 TANF eligibility; drug-related felonies.
- HB 1136 Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; DEQ to publish, update annually.
- HB 1144 State parks; discounted rental and service fees, military and veterans.
- HB 1145 Pound River; designating as a Virginia scenic river.
- HB 1152 Carbon dioxide cap and trade program; establishes program, etc.
- HB 1162 Environmental Quality, Department of; definition of environmental justice.
- HB 1164 Environmental Quality, Department of; policy statement.
- HB 1170 Regional electric utility programs; participation by Commonwealth.
- HB 1171 Solar farms; annual report of acreage, report.
- HB 1183 Bulk energy storage resources; State Corporation Commission.
- HB 1184 Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
- HB 1188 Bear hunting license; inclusion in license to hunt deer and turkey.
- HB 1192 Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; created.
- HB 1194 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
- HB 1205 Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health.
- HB 1215 Biometric data; employer policy on storage, protection, and destruction, civil penalty.
- HB 1234 Historical African American cemeteries; adds Newtown Cemetery in City of Harrisonburg.
- HB 1237 Beehive distribution program; changes process for granting of basic beehive units.
- HB 1239 Persons permitted to work in mines; age requirements.
- HB 1272 Hunting license; senior resident lifetime license for hunting bear, deer, and turkey.
- HB 1279 Animal shelters; confinement and disposition of animals.
- HB 1282 License to hunt, trap, or fish; exemption for member of federally recognized Indian tribe.
- HB 1298 Electric utility regulation; approval of generating facilities.
- HB 1303 Nuclear energy; strategic plan for overall goal of carbon-free energy.
- HB 1306 Renewable energy storage projects; brownfields and reclaimed lands, regulations.
- HB 1307 Hunting laws; Department to develop booklet including novice section.
- HB 1308 Stormwater management; grandfathered land-disturbing activities.
- HB 1310 Environmental Quality, Department of; notice of disposal of certain fill materials.
- HB 1313 Chief Resilience Officer; Governor to designate.
- HB 1314 Chief Resiliency Officer; Secretary of Public Safety and Homeland Security to designate.
- HB 1317 Industrial hemp grower; public notice, buffer zone, odor mitigation.
- HB 1329 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local governments to designate Areas, etc.
- HB 1347 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition on dispensing, civil penalty.
- HB 1349 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; removes references to Division of Marketing.
- HB 1352 Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps, regulation and cleanup.
- HB 1353 Federal acts; meat and poultry.
- HB 1357 Wildlife or fish; sale of mounts permitted.
- HB 1360 Utility bills; statement of environmental law compliance.
- HB 1364 Resource Protection Areas; improvement plans.
- HB 1366 Resource Protection Areas; program to remediate septic systems in recurrently flooded areas.
- HB 1373 Flood Resiliency Clearing House Program; developed by Department of Conservation and Recreation.
- HB 1375 Living shorelines; resiliency.
- HB 1393 Nutrient credit trading; adjacent hydrologic unit code.
- HB 1410 Food stamps; Restaurant Meals Program.
- HB 1416 Animal care; zoos and petting zoos, seizure of animals.
- HB 1422 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
- HB 1430 Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
- HB 1448 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
- HB 1450 Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency standard, energy efficiency programs
- HB 1451 Electric utility regulation; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard.
- HB 1454 Erosion and sediment control, stormwater, and Chesapeake Bay; consolidation of preservation laws.
- HB 1458 Water protection permits; administrative withdrawal of application.
- HB 1464 Restrict nutrient credit usage; local authority.
- HB 1480 Pet shops; local regulation on sale of animals.
- HB 1492 Parksley, Town of; amending charter, mayor and six members of council shall be elected in November.
- HB 1497 Fertilizer contractor-applicator; application pursuant to nutrient management plan.
- HB 1509 Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.
- HB 1523 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
- HB 1552 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
- HB 1566 Industrial hemp; definition, maximum THC concentration.
- HB 1593 Historical African American cemeteries; adds a cemetery in Buckingham County.
- HB 1598 James River; designating as a State Scenic River.
- HB 1601 Staunton River; designating as State Scenic River.
- HB 1604 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; boat ramp fees; exemptions.
- HB 1609 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
- HB 1612 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1621 Virginia Urban Agriculture Advisory Council; created, report.
- HB 1622 Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property.
- HB 1632 Hunting on Sunday; public lands.
- HB 1636 Mountain ridges; prohibition on construction, local ordinance.
- HB 1639 Rural lands; DEQ shall convene work group to discuss issue of disposal of debris on lands.
- HB 1641 Coal ash ponds; definitions, testing private wells and public water supply wells, etc.
- HB 1642 Coal ash ponds; definitions, well monitoring program, wells near ponds.
- HB 1657 Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority; dissolution of Authority, conveyance of property.
- HB 1667 Marine Resources Commission; member occupations.
- HB 1668 Menhaden; adjusts the annual total allowable landings.
- HB 1674 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit.
- HB 1695 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
- HB 1706 Pesticides; prohibits the manufacture, distribution, etc., for use of chlorpyrifos.
- HB 1707 Clean Energy Advisory Board; increases membership.
- HB 1712 Food packaging; PFAS chemicals, penalty.
- HB 1715 Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Programs; administration by DEQ.
- HB 1727 Feral cats; trap, neuter, and return programs.
- SB 24 Agritourism activities; adds horseback riding to definition.
- SB 106 Hydraulic fracturing; drilling through any portion of a groundwater management area, prohibition.
- SB 114 Comprehensive animal care; enforceable under Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
- SB 262 Hunting elk; special license created.
- SB 272 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
- SB 288 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 303 Dogs; import and sale from certain breeders, penalty.
- SB 304 Animal shelters; euthanasia rate.
- SB 310 Public animal shelters; notice to euthanize.
- SB 318 Balloons; reduces the number per hour that a person may release.
- SB 320 Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program.
- SB 335 Hunting and fishing license; certain military members may receive license for 75 percent of fee.
- SB 336 Fishing permits; special permits for certain youth camps.
- SB 435 Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
- SB 478 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
- SB 616 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.
- SB 673 Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.
- SB 674 Voluntary forest mitigation; agreements.
- SB 679 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Advisory Committee; established, report, sunset provision.
- SB 702 Marine Resources Commission; permit fees, pier application, oyster fund.
- SB 704 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
- SB 742 Dogs or cats; rental or lease prohibited, civil penalty, exception.
- SB 747 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
- SB 769 Environmental proceedings; findings of fact.
- SB 772 Bait fish; unlawful to transport for sale outside of the Commonwealth, penalty.
- SB 774 Big game hunting; guaranteed kills prohibited, penalty.
- SB 776 Wetlands protection; living shorelines.
- SB 783 Carbon market participation; submerged aquatic vegetation.
- SB 786 Animal shelters; housing conditions.
- SB 791 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
- SB 795 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
- SB 843 Stormwater and erosion and sediment control; acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review.
- SB 849 Lawn fertilizer; contractor-applicators.
- SB 881 Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund; created.
- SB 882 Conservation police officers; external appointment.
- SB 891 Animal welfare regulations; keeping of dogs, cats, and rabbits.
- SB 918 Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
- SB 954 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
- SB 987 Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.
- SB 992 Carbon trading program; allocation of allowances, new facility.
- SB 1004 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
- SB 1007 Stormwater management; inspections.
- SB 1027 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.
- SB 1030 Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.
- SB 1064 Combined sewer overflow outfalls; James River watershed.
- SB 1075 Environmental Quality, Department of; public comment.
- SB 1090 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 1094 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; authorized to divest itself of certain property.