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HB 734 Noxious weeds; advisory committee to evaluate risks of a plant.
Introduced by: Patrick A. Hope | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Noxious weeds. Establishes an advisory committee to evaluate the risks of a plant or part thereof that is being considered for designation as a noxious weed. The bill requires the advisory committee to assess the plant's (i) impact on water bodies, other plants, livestock, land, public health, the environment, and the economy and (ii) current and potential in-state commercial viability. The bill exempts from the definition of noxious weed any plant whose in-state production is commercially viable.
FULL TEXT
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102674D pdf | impact statement
- 02/24/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB734ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171) pdf
HISTORY
- 01/12/16 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102674D
- 01/12/16 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/14/16 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/18/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/20/16 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/16 House: Read first time
- 01/25/16 House: Read second time and engrossed
- 01/26/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/27/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/27/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/18/16 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/16 Senate: Read third time
- 02/23/16 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/24/16 House: Enrolled
- 02/24/16 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB734ER)
- 02/24/16 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/25/16 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/25/16 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 02/25/16
- 02/25/16 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 3, 2016
- 03/01/16 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 171 (effective 7/1/16)
- 03/01/16 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0171)