republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-844.md

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Bill	Burn ban; definition of "orchard" and "vineyard."	Defines the terms "orchard" and "vineyard" for the purposes of the exception to the ban on burning brush where such burning is done to prevent frost damage to orchards or vineyards.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 844	Virginia HB 844 (2018)	bill	Conservation	enacted	C. Matthew Fariss	3	18	8	2018-01-09	2018-03-05	openstates	ocd-bill/32e010a5-7564-4ae1-9279-c6f407a9ee81	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB844	ec95d898260c78e5932e159128cde92c702b789cea861b9d586ccfa068a3b22d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 844 (2018) — Burn ban; definition of "orchard" and "vineyard."

Defines the terms "orchard" and "vineyard" for the purposes of the exception to the ban on burning brush where such burning is done to prevent frost damage to orchards or vineyards.

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB844ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101498D (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Printed as engrossed 18101498D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101498D introduction
• 2018-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-25 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
• 2018-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to
• 2018-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB844E
• 2018-02-05 Printed as engrossed 18101498D-E
• 2018-02-06 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-05 Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/32e010a5-7564-4ae1-9279-c6f407a9ee81. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).