HB512
Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; OSAF to develop and implement comprehensive Plan, report.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 4, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Chief Patron:
Kimberly Pope Adams (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry; Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; report.
Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, during the first year of each new gubernatorial administration, to develop and implement a written comprehensive Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan that is designed to be enacted over the course of such gubernatorial administration's term. The Secretary is directed to submit a ... (More) report detailing the progress made toward the development and implementation of the Plan to the Governor and to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1 of the first year of each new gubernatorial administration. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103266D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/19/2026 - House: Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
- 01/20/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/21/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
- 01/26/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
- 01/27/2026 - House: Placed on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Agenda
- 01/28/2026 - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/02/2026 - House: Read second time
- 02/02/2026 - House: committee amendment agreed to
- 02/02/2026 - House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 02/03/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 02/03/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/04/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
