Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created. (SB1188)
Introduced By
Sen. Ghazala Hashmi (D-Midlothian) with support from co-patrons Del. Betsy Carr (D-Richmond), Sen. Jennifer McClellan (D-Richmond), and Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond)
Progress
✓ |
Introduced |
✓ |
Passed Committee |
✓ |
Passed House |
✓ |
Passed Senate |
✓ |
Signed by Governor |
☐ |
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 HB 2203. Read the Bill »
Status
03/24/2021: signed by governor
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 01/10/2021 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D |
| 01/10/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources |
| 01/18/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1188) |
| 01/19/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/19/2021 | Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations |
| 01/27/2021 | Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/28/2021 | Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 01/29/2021 | Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 01/29/2021 | Read second time |
| 01/29/2021 | Passed by temporarily |
| 01/29/2021 | Reading of amendment waived |
| 01/29/2021 | Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to |
| 01/29/2021 | Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1188E |
| 01/29/2021 | Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E |
| 02/01/2021 | Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2021 | Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2021 | Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/02/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1188E) |
| 02/05/2021 | Placed on Calendar |
| 02/05/2021 | Read first time |
| 02/05/2021 | Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 02/08/2021 | Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources |
| 02/10/2021 | House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered |
| 02/10/2021 | Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/10/2021 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 02/15/2021 | Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/15/2021 | Committee substitute printed 21200199D-H1 |
| 02/16/2021 | Impact statement from DPB (SB1188H1) |
| 02/17/2021 | Read second time |
| 02/18/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/19/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/22/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/23/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/23/2021 | Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources amendment rejected |
| 02/23/2021 | Committee on Appropriations substitute rejected 21200199D-H1 |
| 02/23/2021 | Amendment by Delegate Gooditis agreed to |
| 02/23/2021 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| 02/23/2021 | Passed House with amendment (94-Y 4-N) |
| 02/23/2021 | VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) |
| 02/23/2021 | Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House |
| 02/23/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/24/2021 | Passed by for the day |
| 02/25/2021 | Read third time |
| 02/25/2021 | Engrossed by House as amended |
| 02/25/2021 | Passed House with amendment (93-Y 4-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) |
| 02/25/2021 | House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 3-N) |
| 03/09/2021 | Enrolled |
| 03/09/2021 | Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1188ER) |
| 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 (SB1188ER) |
| 03/24/2021 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/21) |
| 03/24/2021 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0333) |
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