Hemp, industrial; research programs. (HB532)

Introduced By

Del. Nick Freitas (R-Culpeper) with support from co-patron Del. Brenda Pogge (R-Williamsburg)

Progress

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

Description

Industrial hemp research programs. Authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to undertake research through the establishment of (i) a higher education industrial hemp research program, to be managed by institutions of higher education, and (ii) a Virginia industrial hemp research program. The bill classifies all participants in any research program as either growers or processors and replaces the current licensing requirement, which requires a police background check, with a registration requirement. This bill is identical to SB 247. Read the Bill »

Outcome

Bill Has Passed

History

DateAction
01/08/2018Committee
01/08/2018Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100129D
01/08/2018Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/15/2018Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
01/15/2018Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #1
01/19/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB532)
01/29/2018Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
01/29/2018Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
01/31/2018Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
01/31/2018Committee substitute printed 18106025D-H1
01/31/2018Referred to Committee on Appropriations
02/01/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB532H1)
02/02/2018Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology
02/07/2018Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
02/09/2018Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/10/2018Read first time
02/12/2018Read second time
02/12/2018Committee substitute agreed to 18106025D-H1
02/12/2018Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB532H1
02/13/2018Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
02/13/2018VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (100-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/14/2018Constitutional reading dispensed
02/14/2018Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
02/22/2018Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/22/2018Rereferred to Finance
02/27/2018Reported from Finance (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2018Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2018Read third time
02/28/2018Reading of amendment waived
02/28/2018Committee amendment agreed to
02/28/2018Engrossed by Senate as amended
02/28/2018Passed Senate with amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2018Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)
02/28/2018VOTE: REJECTED (0-Y 95-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2018Senate insisted on amendment (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
02/28/2018Senate requested conference committee
02/28/2018Placed on Calendar
02/28/2018House acceded to request
02/28/2018Conferees appointed by Senate
02/28/2018Senators: Dance, Chafin, Suetterlein
02/28/2018Conferees appointed by House
02/28/2018Delegates: Freitas, Poindexter, James
03/08/2018C Amended by conference committee
03/08/2018Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)
03/08/2018VOTE: ADOPTION (96-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/09/2018Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
03/20/2018Enrolled
03/20/2018Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB532ER)
03/20/2018Signed by Speaker
03/22/2018Signed by President
03/23/2018Impact statement from DPB (HB532ER)
03/26/2018Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 26, 2018
03/26/2018G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, April 9, 2018
03/30/2018G Approved by Governor-Chapter 689 (effective 7/1/18)
03/30/2018G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0689)

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 2 minutes.