Virginia Senate Bill 356 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Passed on February 23 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-02-23 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Virginia Pollinator Protection Strategy. Directs the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Department) to develop and maintain a pollinator protection strategy (the Strategy) to promote the health of and mitigate the risks to pollinator species and ensure a robust apiary industry. The Strategy shall include a protection plan for managed pollinators that provides voluntary best management practices and supports efforts to reduce risks from pesticides, increase habitat, and take other steps to protect pollinators. The Department is directed to provide an interim report on the Strategy by July 1, 2017, and to complete the Strategy by July 1, 2018.

Virginia Pollinator Protection Strategy; DACS to develop and maintain, report.

Sen. Creigh Deeds [D]

2016-02-12 - House - House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N) (Y: 101 N: 0 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-10 - House - House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) (Y: 22 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-27 - Senate - Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (Y: 40 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-25 - Senate - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (Y: 39 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-21 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-02-23		Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0011)
2016-02-23		Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 11 (effective 7/1/16)
2016-02-16		Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 23, 2016
2016-02-16	House	Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/16/16
2016-02-15	House	Signed by Speaker
2016-02-15	Senate	Signed by President
2016-02-15	Senate	Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB356ER)
2016-02-15	Senate	Enrolled
2016-02-12	House	VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-12	House	Passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
2016-02-12	House	Read third time
2016-02-11	House	Read second time
2016-02-10	House	Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
2016-02-03	House	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
2016-02-03	House	Read first time
2016-02-03	House	Placed on Calendar
2016-01-27	Senate	Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
2016-01-26	Senate	Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB356S1
2016-01-26	Senate	Committee substitute agreed to 16104244D-S1
2016-01-26	Senate	Reading of substitute waived
2016-01-26	Senate	Read second time
2016-01-25	Senate	Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
2016-01-21	Senate	Committee substitute printed 16104244D-S1
2016-01-21	Senate	Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (15-Y 0-N)
2016-01-11	Senate	Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
2016-01-11	Senate	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16102896D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
3	2	108.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+sum+SB356
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB356+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB356S1+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+SB356ER+hil
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+ful+CHAP0011+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+S01V0015+SB0356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0072SB0356+SB0356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+SV0090SB0356+SB0356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+H01V0041+SB0356
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?161+vot+HV0448+SB0356