Running bamboo; locality may, by ordinance, provide for control, civil penalty. (HB2154)

Introduced By

Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke) with support from co-patron Del. Nick Rush (R-Christiansburg)

Progress

Introduced
Passed Committee
Passed House
Passed Senate
Signed by Governor
Became Law

Description

Noxious weeds; golden bamboo. Designates golden bamboo as a noxious weed and authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance to prevent, control, and abate the growth, importation, or spread of golden bamboo. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/11/2017Committee
01/11/2017Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100404D
01/11/2017Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
01/16/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB2154)
01/19/2017Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1
02/01/2017Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 0-N)
02/03/2017Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (20-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/03/2017Committee substitute printed 17104529D-H1
02/03/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB2154H1)
02/04/2017Read first time
02/06/2017Read second time
02/06/2017Committee substitute agreed to 17104529D-H1
02/06/2017Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2154H1
02/07/2017Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
02/07/2017VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (97-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/08/2017Constitutional reading dispensed
02/08/2017Referred to Committee on Local Government
02/14/2017Reported from Local Government (8-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/16/2017Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/17/2017Read third time
02/17/2017Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/21/2017Enrolled
02/21/2017Signed by Speaker
02/21/2017Signed by President
02/21/2017Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2154ER)
02/21/2017Impact statement from DPB (HB2154ER)
02/21/2017Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
02/21/2017G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
03/13/2017G Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/17)
03/13/2017G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392)

Video

This bill was discussed on the floor of the General Assembly. Below is all of the video that we have of that discussion, 1 clip in all, totaling 45 seconds.