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| Bill | Invasive plant species; retail sales, penalty, delayed effective date January 1, 2027. | Invasive plant species; retail sales. Requires, for the retail sale of certain invasive plant species for outdoor use, a retail establishment to post in a conspicuous manner on the property located in proximity to each invasive plant signage identifying such plant as invasive, educating consumers regarding invasive plant species, and encouraging consumers to ask about alternatives. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to designate the format, size, and content of such signage no later than October 1, 2025, and requires the Commissioner to issue a stop sale order and mark or tag a plant in a conspicuous manner when an invasive plant is for sale at a retail establishment without appropriate signage. In such case, the bill requires the Commissioner to give written notice of a finding made to the owner, tenant, or person in charge of such retail establishment and requires the stop sale order issued to remain in effect until the required signage is posted. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 1166. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 1941 | Virginia HB 1941 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 1941 (2025) — Invasive plant species; retail sales, penalty, delayed effective date January 1, 2027.
Invasive plant species; retail sales. Requires, for the retail sale of certain invasive plant species for outdoor use, a retail establishment to post in a conspicuous manner on the property located in proximity to each invasive plant signage identifying such plant as invasive, educating consumers regarding invasive plant species, and encouraging consumers to ask about alternatives. The bill requires the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to designate the format, size, and content of such signage no later than October 1, 2025, and requires the Commissioner to issue a stop sale order and mark or tag a plant in a conspicuous manner when an invasive plant is for sale at a retail establishment without appropriate signage. In such case, the bill requires the Commissioner to give written notice of a finding made to the owner, tenant, or person in charge of such retail establishment and requires the stop sale order issued to remain in effect until the required signage is posted. Certain provisions of the bill have a delayed effective date of January 1, 2027. This bill is identical to SB 1166.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (66-Y 33-N) — 66–33 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 9-N) — 27–9 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Senate Amendments agreed to by House (67-Y 28-N) — 67–28 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)
- David A. Reid — cosponsor (person)
- Debra D. Gardner — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler — cosponsor (person)
- Lamont Bagby — cosponsor (person)
- Marty Martinez — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Saddam Azlan Salim — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-06 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103898D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-06 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
referral-committee - 2025-01-15 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (9-Y 1-N)
substitution - 2025-01-22 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-22 Committee substitute printed 25105051D-H1
substitution - 2025-01-24 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-24 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1941)
- 2025-01-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2025-01-27 Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute agreed to
- 2025-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2025-01-28 Read third time and passed House (66-Y 33-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-01-29 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2025-02-11 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendments (13-Y 1-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 Reading of amendments waived
- 2025-02-14 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-14 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-14 Passed Senate with amendments (27-Y 9-N)
passage - 2025-02-18 Senate Amendments agreed to by House (67-Y 28-N)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-20 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-20 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1941ER)
passage - 2025-02-20 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-23 Signed by President
passage - 2025-02-25 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1941)
- 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 393 (Effective 01/01/27)
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0393)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fc959e1b-2c14-4c94-9891-49af74dc9d90. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).