Virginia Senate Bill 964 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 23 2017 - 100% progression
Action: 2017-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Running bamboo; cutting by localities; ordinance prohibiting spread; designation of certain plants as noxious weeds; civil penalties. Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance requiring proper upkeep of running bamboo and prohibiting the spread of running bamboo from a landowner's property, with violations punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $50 for a first violation and not to exceed $200 for a subsequent violation within 12 months. The bill includes running bamboo in the "other foreign growth" category that current law allows localities to regulate and in some cases to cut. The bill also directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to develop a model running bamboo ordinance and, with the Department of Forestry, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that clarifies the roles of the VDACS noxious weeds regulations and the work of the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group. Finally, the bill directs VDACS and DCR to examine the eligibility of certain plants for designation as noxious weeds. This bill is identical to HB 2154.

Running bamboo; cutting by localities; ordinance prohibiting spread; designation of certain plants.

Sen. Emmett Hanger [R]

2017-02-14 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 98 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N) (Y: 21 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-02-08 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) (Y: 10 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-24 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-19 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2017-01-17 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N) (Y: 12 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0213)
2017-02-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 213 (effective 7/1/17)
2017-02-17		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 24, 2017
2017-02-17	Senate	Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/17/17
2017-02-17	Senate	Signed by President
2017-02-16	House	Signed by Speaker
2017-02-16	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB964ER)
2017-02-16	Senate	Enrolled
2017-02-14	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2017-02-14	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2017-02-14	House	Read third time
2017-02-13	House	Read second time
2017-02-10	House	Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns (21-Y 0-N)
2017-02-08	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
2017-02-03	House	Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2
2017-01-31	House	Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
2017-01-31	House	Read first time
2017-01-31	House	Placed on Calendar
2017-01-24	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
2017-01-23	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB964S1
2017-01-23	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 17104255D-S1
2017-01-23	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2017-01-23	Senate	Read second time
2017-01-20	Senate	Passed by for the day
2017-01-19	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2017-01-17	Senate	Committee substitute printed 17104255D-S1
2017-01-17	Senate	Reported from Local Government with substitute (12-Y 0-N)
2017-01-03	Senate	Referred to Committee on Local Government
2017-01-03	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100296D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
15	2	901	(n/a)	See Bill Text
15	2	901.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB964
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB964+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB964S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+SB964ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0213+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+S07V0009+SB0964
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0070SB0964+SB0964
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+SV0087SB0964+SB0964
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H0702V0022+SB0964
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+H07V0062+SB0964
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+vot+HV2271+SB0964