Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

VA - Agriculture (House)

VA - Chesapeake (House)

VA - Natural Resources (House)

VA - Delegate Kenneth R. Plum (D)

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Chair

VA - Delegate Wendy W. Gooditis (D)

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Vice Chair

VA - Delegate Roslyn C. Tyler (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate David L. Bulova (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Alfonso H. Lopez (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Kathy K.L. Tran (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Dan I. Helmer (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Joshua G. Cole (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Sally L. Hudson (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Shelly A. Simonds (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Rodney T. Willett (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Nancy D. Guy (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate Angelia Williams Graves (D)

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Member

VA - Delegate R. Lee Ware (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate Daniel W. Marshall, III (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate C. Todd Gilbert (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate Charles D. Poindexter (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate James E. Edmunds, II (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate Tony O. Wilt (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate Michael J. Webert (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate Margaret B. Ransone (R)

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Member

VA - Delegate Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. (R)

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Member

VA - HB221 Tree conservation ordinance; Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act locality, designated trees.

VA - HB389 Hurricane and Flooding Risk Reduction and Bond Rating Protection Act of 2020; established, report.

VA - HB547 Virginia Energy and Economy Transition Council; established, report.

VA - HB705 State air, waste, and water boards; permit authority, appointment of members.

VA - HB794 Flood Insurance Fund; established, low-income Virginians.

VA - HB1038 Solid waste management facility; permit for landfill with capacity of more than 35 million tons.

VA - HB1171 Solar farms; annual report of acreage, report.

VA - HB1192 Hazardous Substance Aboveground Storage Tank Fund; created.

VA - HB1194 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.

VA - HB1215 Biometric data; employer policy on storage, protection, and destruction, civil penalty.

VA - HB1279 Animal shelters; confinement and disposition of animals.

VA - HB1329 Chesapeake Bay Preservation Areas; local governments to designate Areas, etc.

VA - HB1364 Resource Protection Areas; improvement plans.

VA - HB1366 Resource Protection Areas; program to remediate septic systems in recurrently flooded areas.

VA - HB1373 Flood Resiliency Clearing House Program; developed by Department of Conservation and Recreation.

VA - HB1464 Restrict nutrient credit usage; local authority.

VA - HB1480 Pet shops; local regulation on sale of animals.

VA - HB1497 Fertilizer contractor-applicator; application pursuant to nutrient management plan.

VA - HB1566 Industrial hemp; definition, maximum THC concentration.

VA - HB1621 Virginia Urban Agriculture Advisory Council; created, report.

VA - HB1674 Eastern Virginia Groundwater Management Area; provisional surface water withdrawal permit.

VA - HB1706 Pesticides; prohibits the manufacture, distribution, etc., for use of chlorpyrifos.

VA - HB1712 Food packaging; PFAS chemicals, penalty.

VA - HB1715 Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Programs; administration by DEQ.

VA - HB1727 Feral cats; trap, neuter, and return programs.

VA - SB304 Animal shelters; euthanasia rate.

VA - SB318 Balloons; reduces the number per hour that a person may release.

VA - HB1739 State parks; discounted rental and service fees, military and veterans.

VA - HB1744 Animal care; zoos and petting zoos, seizure of animals.

VA - HB1750 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.

VA - HB1751 Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia.

VA - HB1760 Conservation easements; certain easements be liberally construed in favor of purpose which created.

VA - SB1115 Industrial hemp; increases maximum THC concentration.

VA - HB1766 Disabled Veteran's Passport; expands program to all veterans with service-connected disability.

VA - HB1767 Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Fund; Powhatan County.

VA - HB1799 Sunday hunting; allowed on public lands.

VA - SB1135 Dangerous dogs; restructures procedure for adjudication, penalty.

VA - HB1804 State parks; DCR to develop recommendations for funding, report.

VA - HB1819 Rappahannock River; designating a 79-mile portion as a component of Va. Scenic Rivers System.

VA - HB1833 Conservation and Recreation, Department of; leasing of land.

VA - HB1836 Natural Resources, Secretary of; changes name to the Secretary of Natural and Cultural Resources.

VA - HB1837 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership.

VA - HB1839 Special hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans; 50 percent disabled.

VA - HB1855 Mines, Minerals and Energy, Department of; renamed the Department of Energy.

VA - SB1143 Wetlands; extension of certain permits through 2021.

VA - SB1161 Virginia Soil and Water Conservation Board; clarifies membership.

VA - SB1164 Advanced recycling; not considered solid waste management, definitions.

VA - HB1902 Expanded polystyrene food service containers; prohibition, civil penalty.

VA - HB1928 Historic resources; acquisition and lease of land.

VA - HB1958 South River; designates segment in City of Waynesboro as part of Va. Scenic Rivers System.

VA - HB1965 State Air Pollution Control Board; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle program.

VA - HB1982 Nutrient credits; use by facility with certain stormwater discharge permit.

VA - HB1983 Wetland and stream mitigation banks; proximity of impacted site.

VA - HB2030 Neonicotinoid pesticides; application in residentially zoned outdoor areas, civil penalty.

VA - HB2067 Solar facilities; permit by rule.

VA - HB2068 Local Food and Farming Infrastructure Grant Program; established.

VA - SB1188 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.

VA - HB2074 Environmental justice; interagency working group.

VA - SB1193 Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.

VA - SB1194 Produce safety; removes the sunset date.

VA - SB1199 Conservation easements; construction.

VA - SB1210 Permit fee schedules; DEQ to revise current schedule for nonhazardous solid waste mgmt. facilities.

VA - HB2078 Industrial hemp; updates laws to address the new hemp producer license.

VA - HB2083 Wake surfing; proximity to certain structures or other persons.

VA - HB2109 Agriculture and Consumer Services, Board of; expands membership.

VA - HB2126 State parks; lifetime senior parking pass.

VA - HB2129 Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established.

VA - HB2148 Small renewable energy projects; energy storage.

VA - HB2159 Balloons; release of nonbiodegradable balloons outdoors prohibited, civil penalty.

VA - HB2173 Advanced recycling; not considered solid waste management, definitions.

VA - HB2187 Recurrent Flooding Resiliency, Commonwealth Center; study topics to manage water quality, etc.

VA - HB2188 Engineered septic systems; Department of Health, et al., to initiate a 3-yr. pilot program to study.

VA - HB2203 Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.

VA - HB2221 Environmental permits; community and environmental justice outreach.

VA - SB1258 Solar projects; erosion and sediment control.

VA - SB1265 Natural gas pipelines; stop work orders.

VA - SB1274 Wildlife corridors; various agencies to consider and incorporate.

VA - SB1280 Dams; negotiated settlement agreements.

VA - SB1282 Greenhouse gas emissions inventory; regulations.

VA - SB1290 ConserveVirginia program; established.

VA - SB1291 Va. Water Protection Permit; withdrawal of surface water or ground water, plans for water auditing.

VA - SB1311 Water quality standards; modification of permits and certifications.

VA - SB1319 Waste Diversion & Recycling Task Force; Department of Environmental Quality to continue Task Force.

VA - SB1354 Chesapeake Bay; wastewater treatment, Enhanced Nutrient Removal Certainty Program established.

VA - SB1374 Carbon Sequestration Task Force; established.

VA - SB1390 Cats; trap, neuter, and return programs, civil penalty.

VA - SB1393 Trees; replacement and conservation during development.

VA - SB1396 Onsite Sewage Indemnification Fund; use of Fund for grants to certain property owners.

VA - SB1402 Trout fishing in stocked waters; equalizes for residents and nonresidents requirements to fish.

VA - SB1404 Stormwater Local Assistance Fund; grants awarded for projects related to Chesapeake Bay.

VA - SB1411 Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia.

VA - SB1412 Pet shops, dealers, and dog breeders; employees convicted of animal abuse, penalty.

VA - SB1417 Animal testing facilities; definitions, adoption of dogs and cats, civil penalty.

VA - HB2275 Food and drink permit; Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to issue.

VA - HB2298 Muzzleloading rifle and shotgun; clarifies definitions.

VA - HB2302 Farmers market food and beverage products; sales considered essential during state of emergency.

VA - SB1453 Mines and Mining and Virginia Energy Plan; revision of Titles 45.1 and 67.

VA - HB2311 Objects of antiquity; unlawful to remove from battlefield, penalty.