Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created. (HB2203)
Introduced By
Del. Eileen Filler-Corn (D-Fairfax Station) with support from 36 copatrons, whose average partisan position is:
Those copatrons are Del. Dawn Adams (D-Richmond), Del. Alex Askew (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Hala Ayala (D-Woodbridge), Del. Lamont Bagby (D-Richmond), Del. David Bulova (D-Fairfax), Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Del. Josh Cole (D-Stafford), Del. Wendy Gooditis (D-Clarke), Del. Angelia Williams Graves (D-Norfolk), Del. Nancy Guy (D-Virginia Beach), Del. Elizabeth Guzman (D-Dale City), Del. Cliff Hayes (D-Chesapeake), Del. Dan Helmer (D-Fairfax Station), Del. Patrick Hope (D-Arlington), Del. Chris Hurst (D-Blacksburg), Del. Clinton Jenkins (D-Suffolk), Del. Mark Keam (D-Vienna), Del. Candi King (D-Woodbridge), Del. Mark Levine (D-Alexandria), Del. Alfonso Lopez (D-Arlington), Del. Delores McQuinn (D-Richmond), Del. Martha Mugler (D-Hampton, Del. Kathleen Murphy (D-McLean), Del. Ken Plum (D-Reston), Del. Sam Rasoul (D-Roanoke), Del. David Reid (D-Loudoun), Del. Ibraheem Samirah (D-Herndon), Del. Mark Sickles (D-Alexandria), Del. Marcus Simon (D-Falls Church), Del. Shelly Simonds (D-Newport News), Del. Suhas Subramanyam (D-Sterling), Del. Rip Sullivan (D-Arlington), Del. Kathy Tran (D-Springfield), Del. Roslyn Tyler (D-Jarratt), Del. Vivian Watts (D-Annandale), Del. Rodney Willett (D-Henrico)
Progress
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Introduced |
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Became Law |
Description
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, which must prohibit grant recipients from attributing more than 10 percent of the grant amount to administrative costs. This bill is identical to SB 1188. Read the Bill »
Status
03/24/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/13/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102121D |
| 01/13/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 01/15/2021 | Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture |
| 01/18/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2203) |
| 01/20/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) |
| 01/20/2021 | Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/20/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/20/2021 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/20/2021 | Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources |
| 01/22/2021 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) |
| 01/25/2021 | Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/26/2021 | Read first time |
| 01/27/2021 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 01/28/2021 | Read third time and passed House (97-Y 3-N) |
| 01/28/2021 | VOTE: Passage (97-Y 3-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 01/29/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 02/05/2021 | Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/16/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 02/22/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/22/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N) |
| 02/24/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
| 02/25/2021 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 02/25/2021 | Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee amendment rejected |
| 02/25/2021 | Finance and Appropriations Committee amendment agreed to |
| 02/25/2021 | Amendment by Senator Locke withdrawn |
| 02/25/2021 | Engrossed by Senate as amended |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/25/2021 | Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 4-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | VOTE: Adoption (95-Y 4-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2203ER) |
| 03/09/2021 | Signed by President |
| 03/11/2021 | Signed by Speaker |
| 03/15/2021 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021 |
| 03/15/2021 | G Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021 |
| 03/17/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (HB2203ER) |
| 03/24/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/24/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0332) |