republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2021/hb-1750.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established."
description: "Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish and administer the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program (the Program). The bill provides that any dairy farmer that has a resource management plan or nutrient management plan and participates in the federal margin coverage program for dairy producers at the tier I level as contained in the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is eligible to participate in the Program. Under the bill, each year a Program participant will receive a refund of its annual premium payment paid into the federal program. Such reimbursement shall be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and shall be subject to availability of funds expressly appropriated for the purposes set forth in the chapter. The Commissioner shall submit an annual report no later than December 1 of each year to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources assessing the effectiveness of the Program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1750"
citation: "Virginia HB 1750 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy W. Gooditis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-12-09"
last_action: "2021-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8f2193a6-87ab-4209-b494-6112dc87c786"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB1750"
source_hash: "0ea35985fbd9fc5d5a77cf6c2a23fc3da42e0ef447d8b3b830d0b1e4f7404da9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 1750 (2021) — Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.

Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to establish and administer the Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program (the Program). The bill provides that any dairy farmer that has a resource management plan or nutrient management plan and participates in the federal margin coverage program for dairy producers at the tier I level as contained in the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is eligible to participate in the Program. Under the bill, each year a Program participant will receive a refund of its annual premium payment paid into the federal program. Such reimbursement shall be provided on a first-come, first-served basis and shall be subject to availability of funds expressly appropriated for the purposes set forth in the chapter. The Commissioner shall submit an annual report no later than December 1 of each year to the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources assessing the effectiveness of the Program.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0330** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0330)
2. **Committee substitute printed 21103881D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1750H1)
3. **HB1750ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1750ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102311D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB1750)

## Votes

- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wendy W. Gooditis — primary (person)
- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
- Lashrecse D. Aird — cosponsor (person)
- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
- Tony O. Wilt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102311D `introduction`
- **2020-12-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB1750)
- **2021-01-18** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-20** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2021-01-20** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2021-01-29** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-29** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee substitute printed 21103881D-H1 `substitution`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Committee substitute agreed to 21103881D-H1
- **2021-02-02** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1750H1
- **2021-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB1750H1)
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2021-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-03** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-16** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-16** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Reading of amendment waived
- **2021-02-25** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2021-02-25** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2021-02-25** Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-25** Placed on Calendar
- **2021-02-25** Passed by temporarily
- **2021-02-25** Senate amendment agreed to by House (97-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (97-Y 0-N)
- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB1750ER)
- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 330 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8f2193a6-87ab-4209-b494-6112dc87c786`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).