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Bill Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council, appointment and membership terms. Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council; appointment and membership terms; production areas. Amends various provisions relating to the appointment, terms, and quorums of agricultural commodity boards, including the Cotton Board, Egg Board, and Tobacco Board. The bill eliminates the Pork Industry Board and amends membership terms for the Agricultural Council so that (i) each term is for four years and (ii) no member other than an ex officio member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two additional consecutive terms after the term of such vacancy that such person was appointed to fill has expired. The bill also amends the production areas for the purposes of membership appointment procedures for the Cotton Board and the Tobacco Board. This bill is identical to SB 890. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 1798 Virginia HB 1798 (2025)
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Virginia HB 1798 (2025) — Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council, appointment and membership terms.

Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council; appointment and membership terms; production areas. Amends various provisions relating to the appointment, terms, and quorums of agricultural commodity boards, including the Cotton Board, Egg Board, and Tobacco Board. The bill eliminates the Pork Industry Board and amends membership terms for the Agricultural Council so that (i) each term is for four years and (ii) no member other than an ex officio member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two additional consecutive terms after the term of such vacancy that such person was appointed to fill has expired. The bill also amends the production areas for the purposes of membership appointment procedures for the Cotton Board and the Tobacco Board. This bill is identical to SB 890.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) — 960 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — 360 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Dan I. Helmer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25102600D filing, introduction
  • 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-01-15 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-15 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1798)
  • 2025-01-17 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-01-20 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-01-21 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-01-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1798ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1798)
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-18 Approved by Governor-Chapter 75 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-18 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0075)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1370f83b-a71e-4cf3-aa5a-45981255ed0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).