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SB 717 Vineyards and Orchards Grant Fund and Program; created and established.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)
Grapevine Grant Fund and Program. Creates the Grapevine Grant Fund and Program to fund grants to independent cideries, farm wineries, orchards, and vineyards that purchase materials for vines or fruit trees in order to establish or expand vineyards or orchards. The bill directs that priority be given to an applicant who proposes to (i) expand a vineyard or orchard measuring five acres or less, (ii) expand a vineyard or orchard measuring more than five acres, and (iii) establish a new vineyard or orchard.
FULL TEXT
- 01/21/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16104634D pdf
- 01/28/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104737D-S1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/09/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105358D-S2 pdf | impact statement
HISTORY
- 01/21/16 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 16104634D
- 01/21/16 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/28/16 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (13-Y 1-N 1-A)
- 01/28/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16104737D-S1
- 01/28/16 Senate: Rereferred to Finance
- 02/09/16 Senate: Reported from Finance with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/16 Senate: Committee substitute printed 16105358D-S2
- 02/10/16 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/16 Senate: Read second time
- 02/11/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/16 Senate: Committee substitute rejected 16104737D-S1
- 02/11/16 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/11/16 Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 16105358D-S2
- 02/11/16 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB717S2
- 02/12/16 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (36-Y 3-N)
- 02/17/16 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/17/16 House: Read first time
- 02/17/16 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/19/16 House: Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
- 02/22/16 House: Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2017 by voice vote
- 02/24/16 House: Continued to 2017 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 12/01/16 House: Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources