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type: "Bill"
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title: "Farmers' markets; farm and forest land conversion."
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description: "Removes the requirements that certain agencies analyze the impact of regulations on the conversion of farm and forest lands and that the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services summarize the reports of the operators of state-owned farmers markets to the General Assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "HB 1781"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1781 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agriculture", "Animal Care and Food", "General Assembly"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth R. Plum"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 14
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2017-01-09"
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last_action: "2017-02-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c10f5d4c-7bfe-4cd4-b68b-0af604e6276e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB1781"
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source_hash: "638a3beea23fec4365b1e92ace75b886c5ed3321aa55d8f7e5a7e12aa22726a1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 1781 (2017) — Farmers' markets; farm and forest land conversion.
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Removes the requirements that certain agencies analyze the impact of regulations on the conversion of farm and forest lands and that the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services summarize the reports of the operators of state-owned farmers markets to the General Assembly.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0005)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+CHAP0005)
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2. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1781ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1781ER)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101487D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+ful+HB1781)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101487D `introduction`
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- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-01-19** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2017-01-20** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-01-23** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2017-01-24** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2017-02-08** Enrolled
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- **2017-02-08** Signed by Speaker
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- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
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- **2017-02-09** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/9/17
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- **2017-02-09** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, February 16, 2017
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- **2017-02-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 5 (effective 7/1/17) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c10f5d4c-7bfe-4cd4-b68b-0af604e6276e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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