Virginia Senate Bill 1188 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Engrossed on January 29 2021 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

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. 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.

Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.

Sen. Ghazala Hashmi [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

Sen. Joseph Morrissey [D]

2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-02-01 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-28 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2021-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (Y: 16 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-08	House	Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote
2021-02-05	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2021-02-05	House	Read first time
2021-02-05	House	Placed on Calendar
2021-02-01	Senate	Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2021-02-01	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-29	Senate	Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E
2021-01-29	Senate	Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1188E
2021-01-29	Senate	Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to
2021-01-29	Senate	Reading of amendment waived
2021-01-29	Senate	Passed by temporarily
2021-01-29	Senate	Read second time
2021-01-28	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2021-01-27	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N)
2021-01-19	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2021-01-19	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2021-01-10	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2021-01-10	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D

SB1188 (Carry Over) 2021-02-08 - Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	4780	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	4783	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB1188
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1188+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB1188E+hil
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+amd+SB1188AS
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/21103863A.pdf
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1188F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB1188FE122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S01V0008+SB1188
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05V0070+SB1188
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0161SB1188+SB1188
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0193SB1188+SB1188
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0197SB1188+SB1188
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+SV0198SB1188+SB1188