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2021 SESSION
SB 1188 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created, guidelines, etc.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Commissioner) to establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance organizations. The bill also creates the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund to disburse moneys to such charitable food assistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donated to such charitable food assistance organizations. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to adopt guidelines and regulations to carry out the VAFA Program.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 01/10/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D
- 01/10/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/19/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/21 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 01/29/21 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/29/21 Senate: Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to
- 01/29/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1188E
- 01/29/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote