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Bill	Beehive distribution program; changes process for granting of basic beehive units.	Beehive distribution program. Changes the process for the granting of basic beehive units by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from a first-come, first-served process to one based on random selection and limits applicants to three beehive units per household per year.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1237	Virginia HB 1237 (2020)	bill		enacted	Tony O. Wilt	4	32	10	2020-01-08	2020-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d84ea4d7-9919-404f-8afc-9a041ea50317	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1237	ba82838acc01aa08c070f8282cc39302011680aaa094b61ef484a5117ab3a024	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1237 (2020) — Beehive distribution program; changes process for granting of basic beehive units.

Beehive distribution program. Changes the process for the granting of basic beehive units by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services from a first-come, first-served process to one based on random selection and limits applicants to three beehive units per household per year.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1237ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1237H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1237) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 36–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Tony O. Wilt — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102846D introduction
• 2020-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2020-01-29 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1237)
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20106186D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106186D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1237H1
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB1237H1)
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-02-28 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1237ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d84ea4d7-9919-404f-8afc-9a041ea50317. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).