---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler."
description: "Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2297"
citation: "Virginia HB 2297 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ware"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f41756-4e55-4c6a-a813-8b4d98b02072"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2297"
source_hash: "fa527c7832457a1fe43011c37ee4704d28199521eb2a9e0998678c386c9eea2e"
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 HB 2297 (2023) — Cattle Industry Board; collection and disposition of assessment by handler.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0262** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0262)
2. **HB2297ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2297ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 23104088D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2297)

## Votes

- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 3-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ware — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Presented and ordered printed 23104088D `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Impact statement from DPB (HB2297)
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N 3-A)) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Passage (97-Y 0-N 3-A) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2297ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Impact statement from DPB (HB2297ER)
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 262 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0262)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8f41756-4e55-4c6a-a813-8b4d98b02072`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).