HB 2068 Virginia House of Delegates · 2021 Regular Session

Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.

Summary
Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program. Establishes the Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program and authorizes the Governor to award grants to political subdivisions from the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund as part of the Program. Such grants, in amounts up to $25,000, shall be awarded on a competitive basis to support infrastructure development projects that support local food production and sustainable farming. The bill directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry to develop guidelines for the Program that favor projects that establish or maintain farmers markets; businesses or organizations that manage the aggregation, distribution, and marketing of food products primarily from local and regional producers; and primarily locally owned processing facilities.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2021
Committee Review
Feb 2021
House of Delegates Passage
Jan 2021
Senate Passage
Feb 2021
Signed into Law
Mar 2021
Introduced Jan 12, 2021 Signed Mar 18, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2021

How they voted

330
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 18, 2021
D Democratic17
17 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican16
16 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
35
Key actions
11
Committee
12
Mar 18, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 185 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 19, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Jan 29, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Jan 28, 2021
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (19-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 20, 2021
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2021
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 12, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102653D
lower
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors

Sponsors