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2021 SPECIAL SESSION I
SB 1188 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.
Introduced by: Ghazala F. Hashmi | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Commissioner) to establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance organizations. The bill also creates the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund to disburse moneys to such charitable food assistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donated to such charitable food assistance organizations. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to adopt guidelines and regulations to carry out the VAFA Program, which must prohibit grant recipients from attributing more than 10 percent of the grant amount to administrative costs. This bill is identical to HB 2203.
FULL TEXT
- 01/10/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D pdf | impact statement
- 01/29/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/15/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200199D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/09/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1188ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- House amendments not adopted
- Senate amendments
HISTORY
- 01/10/21 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D
- 01/10/21 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 01/19/21 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/19/21 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 01/27/21 Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/21 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- 01/29/21 Senate: Read second time
- 01/29/21 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 01/29/21 Senate: Reading of amendment waived
- 01/29/21 Senate: Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to
- 01/29/21 Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1188E
- 01/29/21 Senate: Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E
- 02/01/21 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/21 Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/21 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/05/21 House: Read first time
- 02/05/21 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 02/08/21 House: Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
- 02/10/21 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/21 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/15/21 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/21 House: Committee substitute printed 21200199D-H1
- 02/17/21 House: Read second time
- 02/18/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/19/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/22/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/23/21 House: Read third time
- 02/23/21 House: Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources amendment rejected
- 02/23/21 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute rejected 21200199D-H1
- 02/23/21 House: Amendment by Delegate Gooditis agreed to
- 02/23/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/23/21 House: Passed House with amendment (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/21 House: VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
- 02/23/21 House: Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
- 02/23/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/24/21 House: Passed by for the day
- 02/25/21 House: Read third time
- 02/25/21 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/25/21 House: Passed House with amendment (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/25/21 House: VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/25/21 Senate: House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 3-N)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/09/21 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1188ER)
- 03/09/21 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/21 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/15/21 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- 03/15/21 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- 03/24/21 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/21)
- 03/24/21 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333)