Virginia Senate Bill 1438 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Passed on April 12 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-04-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Agricultural land; acquisition or transfer by foreign adversaries prohibited; report. Prohibits any foreign adversary, as defined in the bill, from acquiring or transferring any interest in agricultural land, as defined in federal law, beginning January 1, 2023, and requires the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to compile a report annually with certain information regarding agricultural land that is under foreign ownership and submit such report to the Governor and General Assembly.

Agricultural land; definitions, ownership by foreign adversaries prohibited, report.

Sen. Richard Stuart [R]	Sen. Ryan McDougle [R]	Sen. Todd Pillion [R]	Sen. Bryce Reeves [R]
Sen. Frank Ruff [R]	Sen. William Stanley [R]

2023-04-12 - House - House: VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 25-N) (Y: 64 N: 25 NV: 0 Abs: 8) [PASS]
2023-04-12 - Senate - Senate: Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (67-Y 30-N) (Y: 67 N: 30 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House: VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 48-N) (Y: 51 N: 48 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-08 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) (Y: 19 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-02-06 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) (Y: 23 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-02-02 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-01-31 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 3-N 2-A) (Y: 10 N: 3 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-04-12		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0765)
2023-04-12	House	Enacted, Chapter 765 (effective 7/1/23)
2023-04-12	House	Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
2023-04-12	Senate	Signed by President as reenrolled
2023-04-12	Senate	Reenrolled bill text (SB1438ER2)
2023-04-12	Senate	Reenrolled
2023-04-12		Governor: Governor's recommendation adopted
2023-04-12	House	VOTE: Adoption (64-Y 25-N)
2023-04-12	House	House concurred in Governor's recommendation (64-Y 25-N)
2023-04-12	Senate	Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (24-Y 16-N)
2023-03-27	Senate	Governor's substitute printed 23107688D-S2
2023-03-27	Senate	Governor's recommendation received by Senate
2023-02-27		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023
2023-02-27	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 27, 2023
2023-02-16	Senate	Signed by President
2023-02-15	House	Signed by Speaker
2023-02-15	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1438ER)
2023-02-15	Senate	Enrolled
2023-02-13	House	VOTE: Passage (67-Y 30-N)
2023-02-13	House	Passed House (67-Y 30-N)
2023-02-13	House	VOTE: Pass By (51-Y 48-N)
2023-02-13	House	Motion to pass by amendment by Delegate Helmer agreed to (51-Y 48-N)
2023-02-13	House	Read third time
2023-02-10	House	Read second time
2023-02-08	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N)
2023-02-07	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2023-02-07	House	Read first time
2023-02-07	House	Placed on Calendar
2023-02-06	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N)
2023-02-03	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1438S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Emergency clause deleted
2023-02-03	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 23105630D-S1
2023-02-03	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2023-02-03	Senate	Read second time
2023-02-02	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2023-01-31	Senate	Committee substitute printed 23105630D-S1
2023-01-31	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 3-N 2-A)
2023-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2023-01-11	Senate	Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 23103697D

HB2325 (Same As) 2023-04-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)
HB2325 (Same As) 2023-04-12 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	1	507	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	508	(n/a)	See Bill Text
55	1	509	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+SB1438
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1438+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1438S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1438ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1438S2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+SB1438ER2+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0765+hil
Amendment	https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/pdfs/drafts/23105630D.pdf
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1438AHR
Amendment	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+amd+SB1438AG
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1438F122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1438FS1122+PDF
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+oth+SB1438FER122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+S01V0059+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0212SB1438+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV0270SB1438+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+H01V0093+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1758+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV1759+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+SV1042SB1438+SB1438
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+vot+HV2470+SB1438