Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.
Summary
Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Programand Fund; established. Requires the Commissioner of Agricultureand Consumer Services (the Commissioner) to establish the VirginiaAgriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmersand food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agricultureproducts to charitable food assistance organizations. The bill also creates the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund to disbursemoneys to such charitable food assistance organizations to reimbursefarmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting,processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donatedto such charitable food assistance organizations. The bill authorizesthe Commissioner to adopt guidelines and regulations to carry outthe VAFA Program.
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 13, 2021
Signed Mar 24, 2021
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2021 · House of Delegates Jan 28, 2021
How they voted
33–0
Passed
Total votes 33
Feb 24, 2021
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
R
Republican16
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
14
Committee
15
Amendments
4
Mar 24, 2021
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 332 (effective 7/1/21)
executive
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Senate amendment agreed to by House (95-Y 4-N)
lower
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Amended
Amendment by Senator Locke withdrawn
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Finance and Appropriations Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Feb 25, 2021
Upper · Passed
Passed by temporarily
upper
Feb 24, 2021
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (33-0)
senate
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 22, 2021
Upper · Passed
Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 16, 2021
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
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 (97-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 25, 2021
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (21-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 1-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 13, 2021
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 13, 2021
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102121D
lower
1 primary · 36 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Eileen Filler-Corn
DDemocratic
Co
Alex Q. Askew
DDemocratic
Co
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Angelia Graves
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Candi King
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
David Bulova
DDemocratic
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