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Bill Agritourism event buildings; authorizes the BHCD to promulgate regulations related to buildings. Agritourism event buildings. Authorizes the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations related to agritourism event buildings, defined in the bill as a building or structure located on property where farming operations or agritourism takes place and which is primarily used for holding events and entertainment gatherings, open to the public, of 300 people or less. The bill directs the Board to appoint an eight-member Agritourism Event Structure Technical Advisory Committee to assist the Board in administering its powers and duties pertaining to the construction and rehabilitation of agritourism event buildings. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2022 SB 400 Virginia SB 400 (2022)
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Virginia SB 400 (2022) — Agritourism event buildings; authorizes the BHCD to promulgate regulations related to buildings.

Agritourism event buildings. Authorizes the Board of Housing and Community Development to promulgate regulations related to agritourism event buildings, defined in the bill as a building or structure located on property where farming operations or agritourism takes place and which is primarily used for holding events and entertainment gatherings, open to the public, of 300 people or less. The bill directs the Board to appoint an eight-member Agritourism Event Structure Technical Advisory Committee to assist the Board in administering its powers and duties pertaining to the construction and rehabilitation of agritourism event buildings.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0262 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100788D (committee substitute) — source
  3. Printed as engrossed 22100788D-E (committee substitute) — source
  4. SB400ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 380 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N) — 8414 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N) — 80 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — 380 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-11 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22100788D introduction
  • 2022-01-11 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology referral-committee
  • 2022-01-20 Impact statement from DPB (SB400)
  • 2022-02-09 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-09 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-02-10 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-11 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-02-11 Reading of amendments waived
  • 2022-02-11 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-02-11 Engrossed by Senate as amended SB400E
  • 2022-02-11 Printed as engrossed 22100788D-E
  • 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-02-11 Passed by for the day
  • 2022-02-14 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2022-02-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB400E)
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
  • 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
  • 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
  • 2022-02-23 Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 referral-committee
  • 2022-02-24 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-02-24 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
  • 2022-03-01 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2022-03-01 Reported from General Laws with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2022-03-03 Read second time reading-2
  • 2022-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2022-03-04 Committee amendments agreed to
  • 2022-03-04 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2022-03-04 Passed House with amendments (84-Y 15-N) passage
  • 2022-03-04 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 15-N)
  • 2022-03-08 House amendments agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
  • 2022-03-10 Enrolled
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by President
  • 2022-03-10 Signed by Speaker
  • 2022-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (SB400ER)
  • 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 262 (effective - see bill) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/033037d0-de44-4d36-bb3b-dfb9043bacd0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).