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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Noxious weeds; invasive plant species."
description: "Noxious weeds; invasive plant species."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2096"
citation: "Virginia HB 2096 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bulova"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ddab0bed-1766-43b0-8b7d-4c290ccb5e63"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2096"
source_hash: "19014ea49175b07b151a65a39772ac4d89a5a4e3f3c5c0c3564db963d2e213db"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2096 (2023) — Noxious weeds; invasive plant species.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0153** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0153)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23104789D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2096H1)
3. **HB2096ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2096ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103916D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2096)
## Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: (99-Y 0-N) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bulova — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103916D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18** Impact statement from DPB (HB2096)
- **2023-01-18** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-18** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23104789D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23104789D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2096H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: (99-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08** Impact statement from DPB (HB2096H1)
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-22** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2096ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (HB2096ER)
- **2023-02-22** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 153 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0153)
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ddab0bed-1766-43b0-8b7d-4c290ccb5e63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).