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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.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 1 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Signed by Speaker
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB383ER)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
Read third time
Read second time
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Finance and Appropriations Substitute agreed to
Rules suspended
Passed by for the day
Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
Committee substitute printed 26105869D-S1
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (14-Y 0-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Rural Affairs
Senate subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB383)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100169D
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Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
T. Travis Hackworth