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Bill Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; OSAF to develop and implement comprehensive Plan, report. Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry; Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; report. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, during the first year of each new gubernatorial administration, to develop and implement a written comprehensive Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan that is designed to be enacted over the course of such gubernatorial administration's term. The Secretary is directed to submit a report detailing the progress made toward the development and implementation of the Plan to the Governor and to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1 of the first year of each new gubernatorial administration. This bill is identical to SB 719. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 512 Virginia HB 512 (2026)
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Virginia HB 512 (2026) — Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; OSAF to develop and implement comprehensive Plan, report.

Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry; Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan; report. Directs the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, during the first year of each new gubernatorial administration, to develop and implement a written comprehensive Virginia Farm and Forest Prosperity Plan that is designed to be enacted over the course of such gubernatorial administration's term. The Secretary is directed to submit a report detailing the progress made toward the development and implementation of the Plan to the Governor and to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by December 1 of the first year of each new gubernatorial administration. This bill is identical to SB 719.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • Passage R — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) — 100 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) — 220 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Kimberly Pope Adams — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103266D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-01-19 Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
  • 2026-01-21 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment(s) (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
  • 2026-01-28 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-30 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-02 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-02-02 committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
  • 2026-02-02 Engrossed by House as amended
  • 2026-02-03 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-03 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
  • 2026-02-04 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2026-02-04 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 (HB512ER) passage
  • 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB512)
  • 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
  • 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 800 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9a4b48d0-6b00-467a-9737-ccd6cf24305a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).