republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/hb-314.md

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Bill	Noxious weeds and invasive plants; dissemination of consumer information.	Dissemination of consumer information about noxious weeds and invasive plants. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop model signs for retail establishments that sell plants that may be used to explain the benefits of native plants and the harm of noxious weeds and other invasive plants. The bill also directs the Commissioner to develop model labels that may be used for the wholesale and retail sale of plants that indicate the common and scientific name of the plant, as well as whether it is native or invasive.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	HB 314	Virginia HB 314 (2022)	bill		enacted	Paul E. Krizek	4	27	6	2022-01-11	2022-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b54e4d9f-c4c4-4987-8c81-dd46a9b67fbe	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB314	38a84446c571b5e8bdc82efbc263d5f86803e07321389615222f839f5b5950a7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 314 (2022) — Noxious weeds and invasive plants; dissemination of consumer information.

Dissemination of consumer information about noxious weeds and invasive plants. Requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to develop model signs for retail establishments that sell plants that may be used to explain the benefits of native plants and the harm of noxious weeds and other invasive plants. The bill also directs the Commissioner to develop model labels that may be used for the wholesale and retail sale of plants that indicate the common and scientific name of the plant, as well as whether it is native or invasive.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0289 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22105502D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. HB314ER (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102221D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• 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
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Paul E. Krizek — primary (person)
• Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
• Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
• David L. Bulova — cosponsor (person)
• Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
• Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
• Kathleen Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Kenneth R. Plum — cosponsor (person)
• Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
• Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)
• Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
• Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
• Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102221D introduction
• 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-19 Impact statement from DPB (HB314)
• 2022-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2022-01-26 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-02 Committee substitute printed 22105502D-H1 substitution
• 2022-02-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-04 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB314H1)
• 2022-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 22105502D-H1
• 2022-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB314H1
• 2022-02-08 Read third time and passed House (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-08 VOTE: Passage (99-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2022-02-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-03-01 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 Enrolled
• 2022-03-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB314ER)
• 2022-03-10 Signed by President
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 289 (effective 7/1/22) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b54e4d9f-c4c4-4987-8c81-dd46a9b67fbe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).