republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/hb-710.md

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Bill	Invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners, civil penalty.	Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners; civil penalty. Provides that the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may assess a civil penalty in an amount of not more than $250 for a first violation, $500 for a second violation, and $1,000 for each subsequent violation to any tradesperson involved with proposing or installing plants who fails to provide written notification to property owners when such plants are on the Department of Conservation and Recreation's list of invasive plant species. Current law provides that any such tradesperson who fails to provide such written notice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 383.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	HB 710	Virginia HB 710 (2026)	bill		enacted	Justin Pence	5	32	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/93262ee3-533f-4c4c-9ef3-e88378724228	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB710	ed61accd04c1b5c033a51ed21f5837d15127a0782679d71000f34b56af1a999b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 710 (2026) — Invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners, civil penalty.

Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; invasive plant species installation; written notification to property owners; civil penalty. Provides that the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services may assess a civil penalty in an amount of not more than $250 for a first violation, $500 for a second violation, and $1,000 for each subsequent violation to any tradesperson involved with proposing or installing plants who fails to provide written notification to property owners when such plants are on the Department of Conservation and Recreation's list of invasive plant species. Current law provides that any such tradesperson who fails to provide such written notice is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. This bill is identical to SB 383.

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

• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 95–2 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Justin Pence — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103374D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB710)
• 2026-01-27 Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 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 26106450D-H1 substitution
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB710)
• 2026-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 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
• 2026-02-09 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (95-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 (HB710ER) passage
• 2026-03-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB710)
• 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 412 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0412)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93262ee3-533f-4c4c-9ef3-e88378724228. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).