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Bill	Pesticide control exemptions; herbicide applications by unpaid volunteers.	Pesticide control exemptions; herbicide applications by unpaid volunteers. Exempts from the provisions of state pesticide laws and regulations any unpaid volunteer who uses any nonrestricted herbicide with the express authorization of a local political subdivision for the sole purpose of controlling invasive plants or noxious weeds on properties owned by such local political subdivision. The bill provides that such unpaid volunteer shall use such herbicide under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator and the local political subdivision shall provide instruction by a certified commercial applicator to the unpaid volunteer prior to application on (i) the risks associated with the herbicide utilized, (ii) the proper use of equipment used to apply the herbicide, (iii) the proper use of personal protective equipment, (iv) other information to prevent an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment, and (v) any other information relevant to the specific herbicide utilized.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 320	Virginia HB 320 (2024)	bill		enacted	David L. Bulova	4	31	6	2024-01-05	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/24ebadc1-ef77-4612-ba87-034010c1ba63	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB320	431212a1689f6ebee6e266a1fb6986d32d82257a7ee4a7e704eb26feeabbe63f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 320 (2024) — Pesticide control exemptions; herbicide applications by unpaid volunteers.

Pesticide control exemptions; herbicide applications by unpaid volunteers. Exempts from the provisions of state pesticide laws and regulations any unpaid volunteer who uses any nonrestricted herbicide with the express authorization of a local political subdivision for the sole purpose of controlling invasive plants or noxious weeds on properties owned by such local political subdivision. The bill provides that such unpaid volunteer shall use such herbicide under the direct supervision of a certified commercial applicator and the local political subdivision shall provide instruction by a certified commercial applicator to the unpaid volunteer prior to application on (i) the risks associated with the herbicide utilized, (ii) the proper use of equipment used to apply the herbicide, (iii) the proper use of personal protective equipment, (iv) other information to prevent an unreasonable adverse effect on the environment, and (v) any other information relevant to the specific herbicide utilized.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0720 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB320ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104585D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104585D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (74-Y 25-N) — 73–25 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) — 17–5 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 2-N) — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104585D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-15 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB320)
• 2024-01-17 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-17 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 2-N)
• 2024-01-31 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (17-Y 5-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-02 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-05 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-05 Engrossed by House as amended HB320E
• 2024-02-05 Printed as engrossed 24104585D-E
• 2024-02-06 Read third time and passed House (74-Y 25-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 VOTE: Passage (74-Y 25-N) passage
• 2024-02-07 Impact statement from DPB (HB320E)
• 2024-02-07 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-23 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-23 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-28 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB320ER) passage
• 2024-02-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB320ER)
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-02 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 720 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0720)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/24ebadc1-ef77-4612-ba87-034010c1ba63. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).