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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 HB 512. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 719 | Virginia SB 719 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 719 (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 HB 512.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 99–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Presented and ordered printed 26105420D
introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB719)
- 2026-01-27 Senate committee offered
- 2026-01-27 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-30 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-30 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2026-02-02 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB719)
- 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-05 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-05 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 (SB719ER)
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB719)
- 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 - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 831 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/425c4346-2075-474a-89aa-2e683843c6f2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).