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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
HB 2068 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.
Introduced by: Sam Rasoul | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $25,000, shall be awarded on a competitive basis to support infrastructure development projects that support local food production and sustainable farming. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop guidelines for the Program that favor projects that establish or maintain farmers markets; businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of food products primarily from local and regional producers; and primarily locally owned processing facilities.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102653D pdf | impact statement
- 02/16/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200188D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2068ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
HISTORY
- 01/12/21 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102653D
- 01/12/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/21 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/20/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/21 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/20/21 House: Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
- 01/22/21 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
- 01/25/21 House: Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/21 House: Read first time
- 01/27/21 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/28/21 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (100-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/29/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/05/21 Senate: Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/16/21 Senate: Committee substitute printed 21200188D-S1
- 02/18/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/21 Senate: Read third time
- 02/19/21 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/19/21 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 21200188D-S1
- 02/19/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/21 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/21 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2068ER)
- 02/24/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/26/21 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2021
- 02/26/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/18/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/18/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0185)