republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/hb-2154.md

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Bill	Running bamboo; locality may, by ordinance, provide for control, civil penalty.	Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance requiring proper upkeep of running bamboo and prohibiting the spread of running bamboo from a landowner's property, with violations punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $50 for a first violation and not to exceed $200 for a subsequent violation within 12 months. The bill includes running bamboo in the "other foreign growth" category that current law allows localities to regulate and in some cases to cut. The bill also directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to develop a model running bamboo ordinance and, with the Department of Forestry, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that clarifies the roles of the VDACS noxious weeds regulations and the work of the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group. Finally, the bill directs VDACS and DCR to examine the eligibility of certain plants for designation as noxious weeds. This bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	HB 2154	Virginia HB 2154 (2017)	bill	Counties Cities and Towns	enacted	Sam Rasoul	4	17	6	2017-01-11	2017-03-13	openstates	ocd-bill/fb20804d-35c9-45e9-8f92-7af70160e092	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+HB2154	46e443b676946bbed4cc6a23ba2e2932ae495dcd11a9ef2cd4d2f00aa3fb8500	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2154 (2017) — Running bamboo; locality may, by ordinance, provide for control, civil penalty.

Authorizes any locality to adopt an ordinance requiring proper upkeep of running bamboo and prohibiting the spread of running bamboo from a landowner's property, with violations punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $50 for a first violation and not to exceed $200 for a subsequent violation within 12 months. The bill includes running bamboo in the "other foreign growth" category that current law allows localities to regulate and in some cases to cut. The bill also directs the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) and the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) to develop a model running bamboo ordinance and, with the Department of Forestry, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that clarifies the roles of the VDACS noxious weeds regulations and the work of the Virginia Invasive Species Working Group. Finally, the bill directs VDACS and DCR to examine the eligibility of certain plants for designation as noxious weeds. This bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0392) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2154ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Committee substitute printed 17104529D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100404D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Local Government — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 9–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Sam Rasoul — primary (person)
• Nick Rush — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17100404D introduction
• 2017-01-11 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2017-01-19 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2017-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Committee substitute agreed to 17104529D-H1
• 2017-02-06 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2154H1
• 2017-02-07 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled
• 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on 2/21/17
• 2017-02-21 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 392 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb20804d-35c9-45e9-8f92-7af70160e092. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).