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| Bill | Farm to School Program Task Force; Department of Education to establish. | Department of Education; establishment of Farm to School Program Task Force. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems necessary or appropriate to the Farm to School Program Task Force for the purpose of increasing student access throughout the Commonwealth to high-quality farm to school programs, defined in the bill as programs (i) whereby public schools purchase and feature prominently in school meals locally produced food or (ii) that involve experiential student learning opportunities relating to local food and agriculture, including school and community garden programs and local farm visits. The bill requires the Task Force to collaborate with local school boards, community-based organizations, farmers, relevant state and local agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to (a) assess existing farm to school programs within the Commonwealth to identify and disseminate to each local school board best practices for implementing and sustaining such programs, (b) establish and distribute to each local school board a guidance document for the establishment and operation of school garden programs, (c) provide information and resources to each local school board to assist it in leveraging grant funds to support farm to school programs, and (d) collect such data and make such policy recommendations to local school boards, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly as it deems appropriate. This bill is identical to SB 314. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 830 | Virginia HB 830 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 830 (2024) — Farm to School Program Task Force; Department of Education to establish.
Department of Education; establishment of Farm to School Program Task Force. Requires the Department of Education to establish and appoint such members as it deems necessary or appropriate to the Farm to School Program Task Force for the purpose of increasing student access throughout the Commonwealth to high-quality farm to school programs, defined in the bill as programs (i) whereby public schools purchase and feature prominently in school meals locally produced food or (ii) that involve experiential student learning opportunities relating to local food and agriculture, including school and community garden programs and local farm visits. The bill requires the Task Force to collaborate with local school boards, community-based organizations, farmers, relevant state and local agencies, and other relevant stakeholders to (a) assess existing farm to school programs within the Commonwealth to identify and disseminate to each local school board best practices for implementing and sustaining such programs, (b) establish and distribute to each local school board a guidance document for the establishment and operation of school garden programs, (c) provide information and resources to each local school board to assist it in leveraging grant funds to support farm to school programs, and (d) collect such data and make such policy recommendations to local school boards, the Board of Education, and the General Assembly as it deems appropriate. This bill is identical to SB 314.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0398 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107295D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24108253D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB830ER (committee substitute) — source
- Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102113D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Continued to 2025 in Education — 0–0 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 97-N) — 3–96 (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N) — 93–4 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N) — 88–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — 18–4 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 39–1 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Rae Cousins — primary (person)
- Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
- Jeion A. Ward — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102113D
filing, introduction - 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Education
referral-committee - 2024-01-26 Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
referral-committee - 2024-01-30 Subcommittee recommends continuing to 2025
- 2024-01-31 Continued to 2025 in Education
- 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB830)
- 2024-02-07 Reconsidered by Education
- 2024-02-07 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-07 Reported from Education with substitute (18-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-07 Committee substitute printed 24107295D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-09 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB830H1)
- 2024-02-12 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-12 Committee substitute agreed to 24107295D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB830H1
substitution - 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House (89-Y 9-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-13 VOTE: Passage (89-Y 9-N)
passage - 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Education and Health
referral-committee - 2024-02-21 Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
referral-committee - 2024-02-23 Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-29 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-29 Committee substitute printed 24108253D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (HB830S1)
- 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Reading of substitute waived
- 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108253D-S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB830S1
substitution - 2024-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2024-03-05 Senate substitute rejected by House 24108253D-S1 (3-Y 97-N)
- 2024-03-05 VOTE: REJECTED (3-Y 97-N)
- 2024-03-06 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2024-03-06 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2024-03-07 House acceded to request
- 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
- 2024-03-07 Delegates: Cousins, McQuinn, Cherry
- 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2024-03-07 Senators: Roem, Bagby, Head
- 2024-03-07 Amended by conference committee
- 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by House (94-Y 4-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-08 VOTE: Adoption (94-Y 4-N)
- 2024-03-08 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N)
committee-passage-favorable - 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB830ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Impact statement from DPB (HB830ER)
- 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 398 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c6f59954-612e-4bd0-b15d-47560c4b9290. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).