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| Bill | Pesticide control; agencies or persons exempt or partially exempt. | Pesticide control; agencies or persons exempt or partially exempt. Provides that volunteers associated with state agencies, municipal corporations, or other governmental agencies shall be certified as commercial applicators or registered technicians for the use of pesticides, provided that such certification is valid only when applying or supervising application of pesticides used by such governmental agencies. The bill also exempts from applicator certification requirements any unpaid volunteer who uses any nonrestricted herbicide with the express authorization of a state agency for the sole purpose of controlling invasive plants or noxious weeds on properties owned by such state agency. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 163 | Virginia SB 163 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 163 (2026) — Pesticide control; agencies or persons exempt or partially exempt.
Pesticide control; agencies or persons exempt or partially exempt. Provides that volunteers associated with state agencies, municipal corporations, or other governmental agencies shall be certified as commercial applicators or registered technicians for the use of pesticides, provided that such certification is valid only when applying or supervising application of pesticides used by such governmental agencies. The bill also exempts from applicator certification requirements any unpaid volunteer who uses any nonrestricted herbicide with the express authorization of a state agency for the sole purpose of controlling invasive plants or noxious weeds on properties owned by such state agency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Ryan T. McDougle — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103024D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-07 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB163)
- 2026-01-22 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-22 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-22 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-23 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-23 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-26 Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-01-26 Passed Senate
passage - 2026-02-03 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-03 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-03 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-25 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-27 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-03-02 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-02 Passed by temporarily
- 2026-03-02 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 2026-03-02 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-05 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB163ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB163)
- 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-05 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 335 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0335)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aa274caf-e747-4c77-81de-3e04faf05d77. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).