republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-109.md

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Bill	Noxious weeds; amends definition, commercial viability, phase-out period, report.	Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; noxious weeds; commercial viability; report. Amends the definition of noxious weed to remove the exclusion for living plants or parts thereof that are commercially viable or commercially propagated in Virginia and removes the requirement that the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee include in its recommendations to the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services an analysis of the current and potential in-state commercial viability of a plant species. The bill requires a plant that is designated by the Board as a noxious weed and commercially propagated in Virginia to be subject to a phase-out period of two years for grasses, forbs, and vines; four years for shrubs; and seven years for trees. The bill directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct a review of the legislative and regulatory authority of the Board pertaining to the control of noxious weeds and report his findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by November 1, 2026.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 109	Virginia HB 109 (2026)	bill		enacted	Holly M. Seibold	5	32	6	2026-01-02	2026-04-06	openstates	ocd-bill/e3f99bc4-3137-4938-b04e-a7b4b1f98815	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB109	993cda0ac9a430dcd1fcab2fc5dc0d84da6382894a17179f67d952d02e5cbd1c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 109 (2026) — Noxious weeds; amends definition, commercial viability, phase-out period, report.

Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; noxious weeds; commercial viability; report. Amends the definition of noxious weed to remove the exclusion for living plants or parts thereof that are commercially viable or commercially propagated in Virginia and removes the requirement that the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee include in its recommendations to the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services an analysis of the current and potential in-state commercial viability of a plant species. The bill requires a plant that is designated by the Board as a noxious weed and commercially propagated in Virginia to be subject to a phase-out period of two years for grasses, forbs, and vines; four years for shrubs; and seven years for trees. The bill directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct a review of the legislative and regulatory authority of the Board pertaining to the control of noxious weeds and report his findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by November 1, 2026.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Agriculture Subcommittee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
4. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 96–2 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holly M. Seibold — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-02 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100221D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-02 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2026-01-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109)
• 2026-01-28 House subcommittee offered
• 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2026-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26106452D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-06 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109)
• 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-09 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-02-09 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to substitution
• 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
• 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-27 Read third time reading-3
• 2026-02-27 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
• 2026-03-04 Enrolled enrolled
• 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB109ER) passage
• 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109)
• 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by President passage
• 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 executive-receipt
• 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 66 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0066)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3f99bc4-3137-4938-b04e-a7b4b1f98815. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).