Virginia General Assembly Bills and Issues

HB20

Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Chief Patron: Adele McClure
Status: Passed

3 Close Floor Votes

HB65

Apple Board; repealing Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, report.
Chief Patron: Dan Helmer
Status: Passed

HB129

Deer; permit may be issued to kill if damaging residential plants and certain property.
Chief Patron: Mitchell D Cornett
Status: Passed

HB292

Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee; membership.
Chief Patron: Jessica Anderson
Status: Passed

HB315

Removal of clutter; cutting of grass; agricultural use exemption; Planning District 19.
Chief Patron: Otto Wachsmann
Status: Killed

HB321

Agricultural Workforce Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Program; established, report.
Chief Patron: Jackie Glass
Status: Killed

HB360

Virginia Consumer Protection Act; prohibited practices, kratom products.
Chief Patron: Joshua Cole
Status: Passed

HB506

Animal slaughterhouse; VDACS, et al., additional slaughterhouse in Northern Virginia, report.
Chief Patron: John Chilton McAuliff
Status: Killed

HB509

Zoning; agricultural operations, rental of accessory dwellings.
Chief Patron: John Chilton McAuliff
Status: In House

HB512

Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; OSAF to develop and implement comprehensive Plan, report.
Chief Patron: Kimberly Pope Adams
Status: Passed

HB699

Food establishment inspection exemptions; private homes and farms.
Chief Patron: Eric Zehr
Status: In House

HB735

Agritourism purposes; Bd. of HCD to review regulations for temporary tents.
Chief Patron: Jay Leftwich
Status: Passed

HB747

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan; consolidation of agricultural commitments.
Chief Patron: Chris Runion
Status: Passed

HB749

Fertilizer and lime; amends provisions governing permit requirements..
Chief Patron: Chris Runion
Status: Passed

HB761

Fertilizer and lime; amends provisions governing permit requirements..
Chief Patron: Chris Runion
Status: Killed

HB859

Farm to School Program Task Force; membership requirements.
Chief Patron: Rae Cousins
Status: Passed

HB1091

Right to farm; solar panels.
Chief Patron: Amy Laufer
Status: In House

HB1169

Small Farms, Office of, and Virginia Small Farms Fund; established and created, report.
Chief Patron: Nicole Cole
Status: Killed

HB1324

Farm Equipment Right to Repair Act; penalties; civil action.
Chief Patron: Lily Franklin
Status: In House

HB1375

Pesticides; manufacture, distribution, use, or sale of paraquat prohibited.
Chief Patron: Nadarius Clark
Status: In House

HB1435

Agricultural Best Management Practices Cost-Share Program; funds to small farms.
Chief Patron: Nicole Cole
Status: Killed

SB121

Minimum wage; farm laborers or farm employees, temporary foreign workers.
Chief Patron: Jennifer Carroll Foy
Status: Passed

2 Close Floor Votes

SB152

Bicentennial farm program; State Forester to establish and administer.
Chief Patron: Travis Hackworth
Status: Killed

SB300

Peanut; designating as state snack.
Chief Patron: Emily Jordan
Status: In House

SB302

Peanuts; excise tax, sunset extended.
Chief Patron: Emily Jordan
Status: Passed