Virginia House Bill 119 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Vetoed on April 11 2020 - 100% progression
Action: 2020-04-22 - House sustained Governor's veto
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Milk; definition; misbranding; prohibition. Defines "milk" as the lacteal secretion of a healthy hooved mammal and provides that a food product is unlawfully misbranded if its label states that it is milk and it fails to meet such definition, except for human breast milk. The bill directs the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to implement a plan to ban all products misbranded as milk. The bill does not become effective until six months after the enactment, on or before October 1, 2029, of a similar act in any 11 of 14 specified states.

Milk; definition, misbranding product, prohibition, provisions.

Del. Barry Knight [R]	Del. Chris Runion [R]	Del. Chris Hurst [D]	Del. Michael Webert [R]
Del. Tony Wilt [R]

2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N) (Y: 24 N: 16 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-27 - Senate - Senate: Pending question, not ordered (16-Y 24-N) (Y: 16 N: 24 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [FAIL]
2020-02-26 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) (Y: 38 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-02-25 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A) (Y: 10 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-02-18 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) (Y: 13 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-29 - House - House: VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N) (Y: 66 N: 32 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N) (Y: 12 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-15 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N) (Y: 7 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-04-22	House	House sustained Governor's veto
2020-04-22	House	Placed on Calendar
2020-04-11		Governor: Vetoed by Governor
2020-03-12		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
2020-03-12	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
2020-03-05	Senate	Signed by President
2020-03-05	House	Signed by Speaker
2020-03-04	House	Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB119ER)
2020-03-04	House	Enrolled
2020-02-27	Senate	Passed Senate (24-Y 16-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Pending question, not ordered (16-Y 24-N)
2020-02-27	Senate	Read third time
2020-02-26	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
2020-02-25	Senate	Reported from Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N 1-A)
2020-02-18	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-18	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2020-01-30	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-29	House	VOTE: Passage (66-Y 32-N)
2020-01-29	House	Read third time and passed House (66-Y 32-N)
2020-01-28	House	Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB119H1
2020-01-28	House	Committee substitute agreed to 20105331D-H1
2020-01-28	House	Read second time
2020-01-27	House	Passed by for the day
2020-01-24	House	Read first time
2020-01-22	House	Committee substitute printed 20105331D-H1
2020-01-22	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
2020-01-15	House	Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 1-N)
2020-01-14	House	Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
2019-12-16	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2019-12-16	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101914D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	5120	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	5121	(n/a)	See Bill Text
3	2	5123	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB119
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB119+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB119H1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB119ER+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H0101V0001+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+H01V0027+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+HV0180+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S01V0082+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+S05V0413+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1050HB0119+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1172HB0119+HB0119
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+vot+SV1173HB0119+HB0119