---
type: "Bill"
title: "Soybean Board; assessment from sale of soybeans."
description: "Soybean Board; assessment from sale of soybeans.Changes the amount of the assessment for research, education,publicity, and the promotion of the sale and use of soybeans, currentlyat $0.02 per bushel, to a rate of one half of one percent of thenet market price per bushel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1377"
citation: "Virginia HB 1377 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-16"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/571bcb24-1561-4e9e-8f55-e35d7c78ca95"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB1377"
source_hash: "06d6dadac9aa8ea5ddad16f43151e9885a9734a58a82695fb87ca558a31dc2a5"
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 1377 (2024) — Soybean Board; assessment from sale of soybeans.

Soybean Board; assessment from sale of soybeans.Changes the amount of the assessment for research, education,publicity, and the promotion of the sale and use of soybeans, currentlyat $0.02 per bushel, to a rate of one half of one percent of thenet market price per bushel.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0149** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0149)
2. **HB1377ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1377ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 24104222D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB1377)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-16** Presented and ordered printed 24104222D `introduction`
- **2024-01-16** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-26** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Impact statement from DPB (HB1377)
- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-07** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-09** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-12** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-13** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-13** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-20** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-23** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-02-28** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1377ER) `passage`
- **2024-02-28** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Impact statement from DPB (HB1377ER)
- **2024-03-02** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Approved by Governor-Chapter 149 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0149)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/571bcb24-1561-4e9e-8f55-e35d7c78ca95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).