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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created."
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description: "Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Commissioner) to establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance organizations. The bill also creates the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund to disburse moneys to such charitable food assistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donated to such charitable food assistance organizations. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to adopt guidelines and regulations to carry out the VAFA Program."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 1188"
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citation: "Virginia SB 1188 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ghazala F. Hashmi"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 14
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first_action: "2021-01-10"
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last_action: "2021-03-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f5a5335-2d23-4552-9894-f9820b2566c1"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+SB1188"
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source_hash: "e7ee49e4d7363ab9b91d59cab57a41c5be03d194e6eadce0d21d8c307dbe3f95"
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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 SB 1188 (2021) — Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established and created.
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Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program and Fund; established. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services (the Commissioner) to establish the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Program (VAFA Program) for Virginia farmers and food producers to donate, sell, or otherwise provide agriculture products to charitable food assistance organizations. The bill also creates the Virginia Agriculture Food Assistance Fund to disburse moneys to such charitable food assistance organizations to reimburse farmers or food producers for any costs associated with harvesting, processing, packaging, or transporting agriculture products donated to such charitable food assistance organizations. The bill authorizes the Commissioner to adopt guidelines and regulations to carry out the VAFA Program.
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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. **CHAP0333** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0333)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 21200199D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1188H1)
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3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1188)
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4. **Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1188E)
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5. **SB1188ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+SB1188ER)
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## Votes
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- VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N) — **92–4** (pass) · lower
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N) — **36–1** (pass) · upper
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- Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 3-N) — **35–3** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N) — **93–4** (pass) · lower
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ghazala F. Hashmi — primary (person)
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- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
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- Jennifer L. McClellan — cosponsor (person)
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- Joseph D. Morrissey — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21102764D `introduction`
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- **2021-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188)
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- **2021-01-19** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-19** Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-01-27** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (16-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-01-28** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-01-29** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-01-29** Passed by temporarily
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- **2021-01-29** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2021-01-29** Amendment by Senator Norment agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-01-29** Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1188E
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- **2021-01-29** Printed as engrossed 21102764D-E
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- **2021-02-01** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-01** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-01** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-02** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188E)
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- **2021-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2021-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-08** Continued to Special Session 1 in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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- **2021-02-10** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2021-02-10** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-10** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-15** Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Committee substitute printed 21200199D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2021-02-16** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188H1)
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- **2021-02-17** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-18** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-02-19** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-02-22** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-02-23** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-23** Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources amendment rejected
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- **2021-02-23** Committee on Appropriations substitute rejected 21200199D-H1
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- **2021-02-23** Amendment by Delegate Gooditis agreed to `amendment-passage`
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- **2021-02-23** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2021-02-23** Passed House with amendment (94-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-23** VOTE: Passage (94-Y 4-N)
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- **2021-02-23** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
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- **2021-02-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-02-24** Passed by for the day
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- **2021-02-25** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2021-02-25** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2021-02-25** Passed House with amendment (93-Y 4-N) `passage`
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- **2021-02-25** VOTE: Passage (93-Y 4-N)
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- **2021-02-25** House amendment agreed to by Senate (36-Y 1-N)
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- **2021-02-25** Reconsideration of House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2021-02-25** House amendment agreed to by Senate (35-Y 3-N)
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- **2021-03-09** Enrolled
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- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
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- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-03-15** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 15, 2021
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- **2021-03-15** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
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- **2021-03-17** Impact statement from DPB (SB1188ER)
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- **2021-03-24** Approved by Governor-Chapter 333 (effective 7/1/21) `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/4f5a5335-2d23-4552-9894-f9820b2566c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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