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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Noxious weeds and invasive plants; dissemination of consumer information."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 314"
citation: "Virginia HB 314 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul E. Krizek"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b54e4d9f-c4c4-4987-8c81-dd46a9b67fbe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB314"
source_hash: "38a84446c571b5e8bdc82efbc263d5f86803e07321389615222f839f5b5950a7"
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 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](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0289)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105502D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB314H1)
3. **HB314ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB314ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102221D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB314)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b54e4d9f-c4c4-4987-8c81-dd46a9b67fbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).