---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia."
description: "Excise tax on peanuts. Extends from July1, 2021, to July 1, 2026, the sunset date of the excise tax on allpeanuts grown in Virginia and reduces from $0.30 per 100 pounds to$0.25 per 100 pounds the excise tax rate. The proceeds from thistax are used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1411"
citation: "Virginia SB 1411 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["L. Louise Lucas"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2cd3fb1-42a9-441c-80e8-fca7f927b16d"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1411"
source_hash: "5ec7ca67f95fc16b4c87c8a298d4446fd0e6da171c326bc74b4453602b8f92de"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia SB 1411 (2021) — Peanuts; extends sunset date of excise tax on all peanuts grown in Virginia.

Excise tax on peanuts. Extends from July1, 2021, to July 1, 2026, the sunset date of the excise tax on allpeanuts grown in Virginia and reduces from $0.30 per 100 pounds to$0.25 per 100 pounds the excise tax rate. The proceeds from thistax are used for promoting the sales and use of Virginia peanuts.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0121** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0121)
2. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102339D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1411)
3. **SB1411ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1411ER)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N) — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- L. Louise Lucas — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102339D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Impact statement from TAX (SB1411)
- **2021-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-05** Passed Senate (35-Y 3-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-07** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- **2021-02-10** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed House (96-Y 4-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-15** VOTE: Passage (96-Y 4-N)
- **2021-02-17** Enrolled
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on February 22, 2021
- **2021-02-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Impact statement from TAX (SB1411ER)
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 121 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2cd3fb1-42a9-441c-80e8-fca7f927b16d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).