HB 532

  • Virginia House Bill
  • 2018 Regular Session
  • Introduced in House Jan 08, 2018
  • House
  • Senate
  • Governor

Hemp, industrial; research programs.

Abstract

Authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to undertake research through the establishment of (i) a higher education industrial hemp research program, to be managed by institutions of higher education, and (ii) a Virginia industrial hemp research program. The bill classifies all participants in any research program as either growers or processors and replaces the current licensing requirement, which requires a police background check, with a registration requirement.

Bill Sponsors (3)

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Mar 08, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Amended by conference committee

Virginia General Assembly

Conference report agreed to by House (96-Y 0-N)

Feb 28, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Conferees appointed by Senate

Virginia General Assembly

House acceded to request

Virginia General Assembly

Placed on Calendar

Virginia General Assembly

Senate requested conference committee

Virginia General Assembly

Senate amendment rejected by House (0-Y 95-N)

Virginia General Assembly

Engrossed by Senate as amended

Virginia General Assembly

Committee amendment agreed to

Virginia General Assembly

Read third time

Virginia General Assembly

Reading of amendment waived

Virginia General Assembly

Conferees appointed by House

Feb 22, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Rereferred to Finance

Feb 14, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Constitutional reading dispensed

Virginia General Assembly

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

Feb 13, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)

Feb 12, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB532H1

Virginia General Assembly

Committee substitute agreed to 18106025D-H1

Virginia General Assembly

Read second time

Feb 10, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Read first time

Feb 02, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Assigned App. sub: Commerce, Agriculture, Natural Resources & Technology

Jan 31, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Referred to Committee on Appropriations

Jan 29, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations

Jan 15, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #1

Jan 08, 2018

Virginia General Assembly

Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources

Virginia General Assembly

Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100129D

Bill Text

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House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18100129D HTML
House: Committee substitute printed 18106025D-H1 HTML

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