republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2017/sb-1195.md

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Bill	Produce safety; farm inspections, civil penalty.	Prohibits certain farms from violating the federal regulations that set minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of fruits and vegetables. The bill authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of the law and gives the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services free access at reasonable hours to certain farms to inspect the farms and take samples. The Commissioner also is authorized to seize certain produce if he believes it is being grown, kept, or exposed for sale or held in violation of federal regulations or state law, and the bill provides a court process by which the seizure may be contested. The bill authorizes the Board to levy a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation, to be deposited in the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The bill includes provisions that would cause it to expire upon the repeal of the relevant federal law, the granting of an exemption under such federal law, or the cessation of federal funding.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2017	SB 1195	Virginia SB 1195 (2017)	bill	Agriculture Animal Care and Food	enacted	Richard H. Stuart	5	22	9	2017-01-10	2017-03-16	openstates	ocd-bill/7fb38be9-9869-47ee-83e4-9df102e9e6c1	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?171+sum+SB1195	cf8f55b01c030ac9a60b70c6a8aa1fb3273eb6dc3db57b4a6d05a914ee2e7402	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1195 (2017) — Produce safety; farm inspections, civil penalty.

Prohibits certain farms from violating the federal regulations that set minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of fruits and vegetables. The bill authorizes the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services to adopt regulations to carry out the purposes of the law and gives the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services free access at reasonable hours to certain farms to inspect the farms and take samples. The Commissioner also is authorized to seize certain produce if he believes it is being grown, kept, or exposed for sale or held in violation of federal regulations or state law, and the bill provides a court process by which the seizure may be contested. The bill authorizes the Board to levy a civil penalty of up to $1,000 per violation, to be deposited in the Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund. The bill includes provisions that would cause it to expire upon the repeal of the relevant federal law, the granting of an exemption under such federal law, or the cessation of federal funding.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0574) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 17105502D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1195ER) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate: Committee substitute printed 17104861D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101491D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Read third time and passed Senate — 25–15 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 25–14 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 19–3 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 7–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 39–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of House substitute agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House with substitute — 73–26 (pass) · legislature
• House substitute agreed to by Senate — 28–12 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-10 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/17 17101491D introduction
• 2017-01-10 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Reading of substitute waived
• 2017-01-31 Committee substitute agreed to 17104861D-S1
• 2017-01-31 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB1195S1
• 2017-02-03 Placed on Calendar
• 2017-02-03 Read first time reading-1
• 2017-02-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2017-02-06 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2017-02-16 Read second time reading-2
• 2017-02-17 Read third time reading-3
• 2017-02-17 Committee substitute agreed to 17105502D-H1
• 2017-02-17 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB1195H1
• 2017-02-17 Passed House with substitute (73-Y 26-N) passage
• 2017-02-21 Title replaced 17105502D-H1
• 2017-02-24 Enrolled
• 2017-02-24 Signed by President
• 2017-02-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-28 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on 2/28/17
• 2017-02-28 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 27, 2017
• 2017-03-16 Approved by Governor-Chapter 574 (effective 7/1/17) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fb38be9-9869-47ee-83e4-9df102e9e6c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).