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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agricultural operation; amends definition."
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description: "Definition of agricultural operation. Amends the definition of \"agricultural operation\" for purposes of the Right to Farm Act to include the housing of livestock. The bill provides that this change is declaratory of existing law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 678"
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citation: "Virginia SB 678 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Richard H. Stuart"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-20"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a80b391-cc4f-4c20-83b3-07095d408c5c"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB678"
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source_hash: "ca68f3c5571ff769d7898a6d38988a477c9856e352ccfe477bb340c14aebc42a"
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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 678 (2022) — Agricultural operation; amends definition.
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Definition of agricultural operation. Amends the definition of "agricultural operation" for purposes of the Right to Farm Act to include the housing of livestock. The bill provides that this change is declaratory of existing law.
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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. **CHAP0487** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0487)
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2. **Presented and ordered printed 22104182D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB678)
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3. **SB678ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB678ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A) — **37–2** (pass) · upper
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- House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 2-N 1-A) — **12–2** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N) — **51–45** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N) — **6–4** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Richard H. Stuart — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-20** Presented and ordered printed 22104182D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-20** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Impact statement from DPB (SB678)
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- **2022-02-01** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 2-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-03** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-04** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-07** Read third time and passed Senate (37-Y 2-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-22** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-22** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-22** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (6-Y 4-N)
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- **2022-03-02** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-04** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-07** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-07** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2022-03-07** Engrossed by House as amended
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- **2022-03-07** Passed House with amendment (52-Y 45-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-07** VOTE: Passage (52-Y 45-N)
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- **2022-03-08** House amendment agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 1-A)
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- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (SB678ER)
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 487 (effective 7/1/22) `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/3a80b391-cc4f-4c20-83b3-07095d408c5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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