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| Bill | Apple Board; repealing Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, delayed effective date, report. | Apple Board; repeal. Repeals the Apple Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, and provides that any funds remaining in the Apple Fund as of July 1, 2028, shall be transferred to the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund. The bill provides that the excise tax levied on apples grown in the Commonwealth shall not be collected for the 2026 harvest season and requires the chair of the Apple Board to file a report with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services no later than June 30, 2028, with a statement of total receipts and disbursements of the Apple Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028. This bill is identical to HB 65. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 390 | Virginia SB 390 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 390 (2026) — Apple Board; repealing Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, delayed effective date, report.
Apple Board; repeal. Repeals the Apple Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, and provides that any funds remaining in the Apple Fund as of July 1, 2028, shall be transferred to the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund. The bill provides that the excise tax levied on apples grown in the Commonwealth shall not be collected for the 2026 harvest season and requires the chair of the Apple Board to file a report with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services no later than June 30, 2028, with a statement of total receipts and disbursements of the Apple Board for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2028. This bill is identical to HB 65.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Timmy French — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102501D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB390)
- 2026-01-28 Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs
referral-committee - 2026-02-03 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 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 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-09 Read third time and passed Senate (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 (SB390ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB390)
- 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 - 2026-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter24 (Effective - see bill)
executive-signature - 2026-03-31 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0024)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5b47542-e47f-49d3-bde5-515120b19299. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).