HB 109 VA

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Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; noxious weeds; commercial viability; report. Amends the definition of noxious weed to remove the exclusion for living plants or parts thereof that are commercially viable or commercially propagated in Virginia and removes the requirement that the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee include in its recommendations to the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services an analysis of the current and potential in-state commercial viability of a plant species. The bill requires a plant that is designated by the Board as a noxious weed and commercially propagated in Virginia to be subject to a phase-out period of two years for grasses, forbs, and vines; four years for shrubs; and seven years for trees. The bill directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct a review of the legislative and regulatory authority of the Board pertaining to the control of noxious weeds and report his findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by November 1, 2026.

• Holly M. Seibold Democratic · primary

1. Jan 2, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100221D · lower
2. Jan 2, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
3. Jan 19, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture · lower
4. Jan 19, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109) · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
6. Jan 28, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 4, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26106452D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109) · lower
10. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
13. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
14. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
15. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A) · lower
16. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
17. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
18. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
21. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
23. Feb 27, 2026 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
24. Mar 4, 2026 Enrolled · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB109ER) · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109) · lower
27. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
28. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by President · upper
29. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
30. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
31. Apr 6, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
32. Apr 6, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture Subcommittee Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture Subcommittee Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML