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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council, appointment and membership terms."
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description: "Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council; appointment and membership terms; production areas. Amends various provisions relating to the appointment, terms, and quorums of agricultural commodity boards, including the Cotton Board, Egg Board, and Tobacco Board. The bill eliminates the Pork Industry Board and amends membership terms for the Agricultural Council so that (i) each term is for four years and (ii) no member other than an ex officio member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two additional consecutive terms after the term of such vacancy that such person was appointed to fill has expired. The bill also amends the production areas for the purposes of membership appointment procedures for the Cotton Board and the Tobacco Board. This bill is identical to HB 1798."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 890"
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citation: "Virginia SB 890 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Russet Perry"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-01-03"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caa810a3-132b-4cfa-bf34-1c1057db8627"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB890"
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source_hash: "12f6c54e7987f581351c8241ec0bcac1ab2ebbda4d34f6633b3916d8401fa1b1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia SB 890 (2025) — Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council, appointment and membership terms.
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Agricultural commodity boards; Agricultural Council; appointment and membership terms; production areas. Amends various provisions relating to the appointment, terms, and quorums of agricultural commodity boards, including the Cotton Board, Egg Board, and Tobacco Board. The bill eliminates the Pork Industry Board and amends membership terms for the Agricultural Council so that (i) each term is for four years and (ii) no member other than an ex officio member is eligible to serve more than two consecutive terms, except that any person appointed to fill a vacancy may serve two additional consecutive terms after the term of such vacancy that such person was appointed to fill has expired. The bill also amends the production areas for the purposes of membership appointment procedures for the Cotton Board and the Tobacco Board. This bill is identical to HB 1798.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1013723.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071174.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1055784.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed House (95-Y 0-N) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House (96-Y 0-N) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Russet Perry — primary (person)
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- Christie New Craig — cosponsor (person)
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- Timmy F. French — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-03** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25103207D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-03** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Rural `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-23** Rules suspended
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- **2025-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-23** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-24** Engrossed by Senate
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- **2025-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Placed on Calendar
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- **2025-02-04** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-17** Passed House (95-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Reconsideration of House passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-17** Passed House (96-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB890ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB890)
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 88 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088)
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caa810a3-132b-4cfa-bf34-1c1057db8627`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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