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type: "Bill"
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title: "Burn ban; definition of \"orchard\" and \"vineyard.\""
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 844"
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citation: "Virginia HB 844 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Conservation"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["C. Matthew Fariss"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2018-01-09"
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last_action: "2018-03-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32e010a5-7564-4ae1-9279-c6f407a9ee81"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB844"
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source_hash: "ec95d898260c78e5932e159128cde92c702b789cea861b9d586ccfa068a3b22d"
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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 844 (2018) — Burn ban; definition of "orchard" and "vineyard."
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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.
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB844ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB844ER)
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2. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101498D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB844)
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3. **House: Printed as engrossed 18101498D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB844E)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendments — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments — **8–0** (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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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- C. Matthew Fariss — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101498D `introduction`
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- **2018-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-25** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-02** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** Committee amendments agreed to
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- **2018-02-05** Engrossed by House as amended HB844E
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- **2018-02-05** Printed as engrossed 18101498D-E
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- **2018-02-06** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-02-07** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-02-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-05** Approved by Governor-Chapter 197 (effective 7/1/18) `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/32e010a5-7564-4ae1-9279-c6f407a9ee81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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