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2020 SESSION

Agriculture, Animal Care and Food
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• HB 27 Cruelty to animals; serious bodily injury, first offense, penalty.
• HB 87 Marijuana; legalization of simple possession, penalties.
• HB 119 Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.
• HB 248 Industrial hemp products; signage, green cross emblem.
• HB 249 Hemp products; regulation, labeling.
• HB 349 Hemp products; regulation, advertising.
• HB 508 Animal care; cruelty, dangerous dogs.
• HB 640 Product safety; liquid containers containing bisphenol A prohibited, civil penalty.
• HB 723 Underground pipelines and electrical transmission lines; agriculture.
• HB 764 Domesticated animal premises; liability for transmission of domesticated animal pathogen.
• HB 942 Industrial hemp; federal regulations, adoption in Virginia.
• HB 943 Industrial hemp; testing after harvest.
• HB 962 Hemp; products intended for smoking.
• HB 1002 Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Planning Grant Program; created.
• HB 1021 Personal property tax; farm machinery, classification of forest harvesting.
• HB 1034 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Fund and Grant Program; established.
• HB 1065 Animal cruelty videos and photos; prohibited, penalty.
• HB 1120 Tobacco products; tax on all tobacco products, penalties.
• HB 1129 Product safety; flame retardants, regulations, civil penalty.
• HB 1190 Land used for agricultural purposes; throwing or depositing certain materials or substances.
• HB 1194 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
• HB 1237 Beehive distribution program; changes process for granting of basic beehive units.
• HB 1279 Animal shelters; confinement and disposition of animals.
• HB 1317 Industrial hemp grower; public notice, buffer zone, odor mitigation.
• HB 1349 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Department of; removes references to Division of Marketing.
• HB 1353 Federal acts; meat and poultry.
• HB 1416 Animal care; zoos and petting zoos, seizure of animals.
• 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 1436 Virginia Spirits Board and Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund; established, report.
• HB 1480 Pet shops; local regulation on sale of animals.
• HB 1497 Fertilizer contractor-applicator; application pursuant to nutrient management plan.
• HB 1509 Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.
• HB 1552 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
• HB 1566 Industrial hemp; definition, maximum THC concentration.
• HB 1573 Rabid animals; Class 1 misdemeanor for person to permit rabid dog or cat to stray from premises.
• HB 1706 Pesticides; prohibits the manufacture, distribution, etc., for use of chlorpyrifos.
• HB 1712 Food packaging; PFAS chemicals, penalty.
• HB 1727 Feral cats; trap, neuter, and return programs.
• HJ 68 Companion animals; DACS to study the need for regulations on care.
• HR 14 Humane Cosmetics Act of 2019; urging the Congress of the United States to support.
• SB 24 Agritourism activities; adds horseback riding to definition.
• SB 114 Comprehensive animal care; enforceable under Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
• SB 272 Tethering animals; adequate shelter and space.
• 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 337 Animal Cruelty Conviction List; established.
• SB 536 Incentives for telecommunications companies; provision of wireless broadband services.
• SB 583 Virginia Spirits Board and Virginia Spirits Promotion Fund; established, report.
• SB 669 Animal testing; breeding.
• 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 786 Animal shelters; housing conditions.
• SB 849 Lawn fertilizer; contractor-applicators.
• SB 854 Virginia Urban Agriculture Advisory Council; created, report.
• 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 1030 Dangerous captive animal exhibits; definitions, penalty, effective date.
• SB 1053 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; use of funds to expand broadband.
• SB 1073 Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.