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HB 157 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; approval of guidance document prior to adoption.
Introduced by: Robert D. Orrock, Sr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; guidance documents. Requires that guidance documents developed by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services be approved by the Commissioner of Agriculture. The bill also requires the Department to submit the guidance document to the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry. The bill specifies that the guidance document has no force of law and cannot be the basis for denial or approval of the operation of a private animal shelter and requires every approved guidance document to be posted on the Department's website.
FULL TEXT
- 12/22/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100492D pdf | impact statement
- 02/03/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104780D-H1 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 12/22/15 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100492D
- 12/22/15 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/13/16 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/01/16 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/03/16 House: Committee substitute printed 16104780D-H1
- 02/04/16 House: Read first time
- 02/05/16 House: Read second time
- 02/05/16 House: Committee substitute agreed to 16104780D-H1
- 02/05/16 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB157H1
- 02/08/16 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/16 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/09/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/25/16 Senate: Continued to 2017 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)