republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2026/sb-383.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 HB 710.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2026	SB 383	Virginia SB 383 (2026)	bill		enacted	Timmy French	5	34	6	2026-01-13	2026-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/9190e962-e046-4bda-adca-6eb469558e15	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB383	4d4f04ba3c2a44534c69d6c9963ab578320deb473919a754340005f962f54b6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 383 (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 HB 710.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Timmy French — primary (person)
• T. Travis Hackworth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100169D filing, introduction
• 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
• 2026-01-28 Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs referral-committee
• 2026-01-28 Senate subcommittee offered
• 2026-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2026-02-04 Committee substitute printed 26105869D-S1 substitution
• 2026-02-04 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
• 2026-02-05 Rules suspended
• 2026-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
• 2026-02-05 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
• 2026-02-05 Passed by for the day
• 2026-02-06 Read second time reading-2
• 2026-02-06 Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
• 2026-02-06 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) substitution
• 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
• 2026-02-12 Placed on Calendar
• 2026-02-12 Read first time reading-1
• 2026-02-12 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 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 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 (SB383ER) passage
• 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
• 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
• 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 413 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
• 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0413)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9190e962-e046-4bda-adca-6eb469558e15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).