HB 1194 Virginia House of Delegates · 2020 Regular Session

Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.

Summary
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium AssistanceProgram. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and ConsumerServices to establish and administer the Dairy Producer Margin CoveragePremium Assistance Program (the Program). The bill provides that anydairy farmer that has a resource management plan or nutrient managementplan and participates in the federal margin coverage program fordairy producers at the Tier 1 level as contained in the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is eligible to participate in the Program.Under the bill, each year a Program participant will receive a refundof its annual premium payment paid into the federal program.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020 Last action Feb 25, 2020
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2020

How they voted

97–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 98
Feb 10, 2020
D Democratic54
54 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican44
43 Yea 1
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105211D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors

Sponsors