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2020 SESSION
Senate Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
MEMBERSHIP
Petersen (Chair), Hanger, Ruff, Obenshain, Stuart, Marsden, Stanley, Lewis, Suetterlein, Mason, McClellan, Favola, Morrissey, Pillion, Hashmi
MEETS
Tuesday, 1/2 hour after adjournment, Senate Room A, Pocahontas Building
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- HB 5 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
- HB 22 Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program.
- HB 119 Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.
- HB 173 Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
- HB 234 Offshore Wind, Division of; established, report.
- HB 282 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 388 Hunting elk; special license created.
- HB 414 Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.
- HB 443 Coal combustion residuals impoundment; closures in Giles and Russell Counties.
- HB 449 Unlawful hunting, fishing, or trapping; prohibition upon conviction.
- HB 491 Industrial hemp; VDACS to convene work group to assess opportunities for development of industry.
- HB 504 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; preservation of mature trees.
- HB 520 Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report.
- HB 533 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; definitions, prohibition on dispensing, penalty.
- HB 542 Regional water resource planning; State Water Control Board regulations.
- HB 547 Virginia Energy and Economy Transition Council; established, report.
- HB 643 Pipeline construction; certification requirement, minimum diameter, stop work orders.
- HB 644 Pipeline construction projects; violations, cumulative effect, civil penalties.
- HB 646 Pipeline construction permit; amount of civil penalty for violation.
- HB 653 Condemned growing beds; electronic maps.
- HB 668 Field investigations permit; definitions, archaeologist qualifications, penalty.
- HB 672 State, regional, and local planning; climate change.
- HB 704 Environmental justice; definitions, agency regulations, Virginia Environmental Justice Act, policy.
- HB 706 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
- HB 714 Virginia Energy Plan; climate change pressing challenge.
- HB 764 Domesticated animal premises; liability for transmission of domesticated animal pathogen.
- HB 859 Stormwater management facilities; private residential lots, required disclosure.
- HB 882 Stormwater management; use of a proprietary best management practice.
- HB 886 State Trails Advisory Committee; extends sunset provision.
- HB 942 Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
- HB 981 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.
- HB 1002 Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grant Program; created.
- HB 1034 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Fund and Grant Program; established.
- HB 1074 Harassing animals; certain species.
- HB 1136 Hazardous Waste Site Inventory; DEQ to publish, update annually.
- HB 1145 Pound River; designating as a Virginia scenic river.
- HB 1162 Environmental Quality, Department of; definition of environmental justice.
- HB 1164 Environmental Quality, Department of; policy statement.
- HB 1184 Distributed solar & other renewable energy; sales of electricity under third-party agreements.
- HB 1194 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
- HB 1205 Discharge deleterious substance in state waters; notice to citizens if detrimental to public health.
- HB 1237 Beehive distribution program; changes process for granting of basic beehive units.
- HB 1272 Hunting license; senior resident lifetime license for hunting bear, deer, and turkey.
- HB 1303 Nuclear energy; strategic plan for overall goal of carbon-free energy.
- HB 1310 Environmental Quality, Department of; notice of disposal of certain fill materials.
- HB 1313 Chief Resilience Officer; Governor to designate.
- HB 1329 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local governments to designate Areas, etc.
- HB 1349 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; removes references to Division of Marketing.
- HB 1352 Solid waste disposal; unpermitted sites and open dumps, regulation and cleanup.
- HB 1353 Federal acts; meat and poultry.
- HB 1357 Wildlife or fish; sale of mounts permitted.
- HB 1375 Living shorelines; resiliency.
- HB 1422 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
- HB 1430 Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
- HB 1448 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
- HB 1450 Electric utility regulation; energy efficiency standard, energy efficiency programs
- HB 1451 Electric utility regulation; mandatory renewable energy portfolio standard.
- HB 1458 Water protection permits; administrative withdrawal of application.
- HB 1509 Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.
- HB 1552 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
- HB 1598 James River; designating as a State Scenic River.
- HB 1601 Staunton River; designating as State Scenic River.
- HB 1604 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; boat ramp fees; exemptions.
- HB 1609 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
- HB 1612 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- HB 1621 Virginia Urban Agriculture Advisory Council; created, report.
- HB 1622 Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property.
- HB 1641 Coal ash ponds; definitions, testing private wells and public water supply wells, etc.
- HB 1642 Coal ash ponds; definitions, well monitoring program, wells near ponds.
- HB 1674 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit.
- HB 1695 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
- HB 1707 Clean Energy Advisory Board; increases membership.
- SB 24 Agritourism activities; adds horseback riding to definition.
- SB 106 Hydraulic fracturing; drilling through any portion of a groundwater management area, prohibition.
- SB 114 Comprehensive animal care; enforceable under Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
- SB 157 Menhaden; VMRC to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's fishery.
- SB 158 Menhaden fishing; prohibited in Chesapeake Bay.
- SB 184 Tree conservation ordinance; Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act locality, designated trees.
- SB 194 Menhaden; VMRC to adopt regulations for managing the Commonwealth's fishery.
- SB 222 Menhaden; harvest after closure of fishery, penalty.
- SB 258 Persons permitted to work in mines; age requirements, no person under 18 yrs. of age.
- SB 262 Hunting elk; special license created.
- SB 272 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
- SB 288 Maury River; designating a 19.25-mile segment as a component of the Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 303 Dogs; import and sale from certain breeders, penalty.
- SB 304 Animal shelters; euthanasia rate.
- SB 310 Public animal shelters; notice to euthanize.
- SB 311 Dogs or cats; breeding for experimentation, prohibition.
- SB 318 Balloons; reduces the number per hour that a person may release.
- SB 320 Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund; loan and grant program.
- SB 335 Hunting and fishing license; certain military members may receive license for 75 percent of fee.
- SB 336 Fishing permits; special permits for certain youth camps.
- SB 337 Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.
- SB 357 Menhaden; management of fishery.
- SB 402 Menhaden fishery; allowable harvest, violation.
- SB 409 Landfills, large; local impact.
- SB 435 Waterfowl blinds; blinds in locality where certain hunting prohibited.
- SB 459 Hunting and fishing licenses; veterans and active duty service members.
- SB 478 Clinch River; designating segment in Tazewell County as part of the Clinch State Scenic River.
- SB 509 Hunting and firearms; local regulation.
- SB 510 Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition.
- SB 616 Game and Inland Fisheries, Department of; name change.
- SB 621 Open-space and conservation easements; rule of construction.
- SB 626 Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; created.
- SB 646 Tetrahydrocannabinol concentration; definition.
- SB 648 Goats; grazing on stream buffers.
- SB 669 Animal testing; breeding.
- SB 673 Nonagricultural irrigation wells; prohibited outside surficial aquifer.
- SB 674 Voluntary forest mitigation; agreements.
- SB 702 Marine Resources Commission; permit fees, pier application, oyster fund.
- SB 704 Chesapeake Bay watershed implementation plan initiatives; nutrient management plans for cropland.
- SB 742 Dogs or cats; rental or lease prohibited, civil penalty, exception.
- SB 747 Nutrient and sediment credit generation and transfer; limits certain transfers to private sector.
- SB 769 Environmental proceedings; findings of fact.
- SB 772 Bait fish; unlawful to transport for sale outside of the Commonwealth, penalty.
- SB 774 Big game hunting; guaranteed kills prohibited, penalty.
- SB 776 Wetlands protection; living shorelines.
- SB 783 Carbon market participation; submerged aquatic vegetation.
- SB 786 Animal shelters; housing conditions.
- SB 791 Menhaden; management of the fishery.
- SB 795 Offshore drilling; prohibition on leases, policy.
- SB 827 Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
- SB 843 Stormwater and erosion and sediment control; acceptance of plans in lieu of plan review.
- SB 849 Lawn fertilizer; contractor-applicators.
- SB 854 Virginia Urban Agriculture Advisory Council; created, report.
- SB 882 Conservation police officers; external appointment.
- SB 891 Animal welfare regulations; keeping of dogs, cats, and rabbits.
- SB 918 Industrial hemp extract; approval as food or ingredient, regulations.
- SB 954 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
- SB 987 Hunting waterfowl; duck blinds.
- SB 992 Carbon trading program; allocation of allowances, new facility.
- SB 1004 Wildlife Corridor Action Plan; created.
- SB 1007 Stormwater management; inspections.
- SB 1027 Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness Act; definitions, funds, report.
- SB 1030 Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.
- SB 1053 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; use of funds to expand broadband.
- SB 1054 Menhaden; management of fishery.
- SB 1064 Combined sewer overflow outfalls; James River watershed.
- SB 1067 Regulation of stormwater; airports.
- SB 1075 Environmental Quality, Department of; public comment.
- SB 1090 Grays Creek; designating as component of Virginia Scenic Rivers System.
- SB 1093 Surface mineral mines; authorizes a locality to regulate certain aspects.