Bill Sponsor
Virginia House Bill 109
Session 2026
Noxious weeds; amends definition, commercial viability, phase-out period, report.
Active
Active
Passed House on Mar 4, 2026
First Action
Jan 2, 2026
Latest Action
Mar 4, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
109
State
Virginia
Session
2026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Primary
House Votes (3)
Senate Votes (3)
Motion Text
H VOTE:
House Roll Call Votes
Didn't Vote
Unknown
Charlie Schmidt
Yes
Unknown
Ellen H. McLaughlin
Yes
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Gretchen M. Bulova
Yes
Unknown
Jessica L. Anderson
Yes
Unknown
John Chilton McAuliff
Yes
Unknown
Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie
Yes
Unknown
Kimberly Pope Adams
Yes
Unknown
Leslie Chambers Mehta
Yes
Unknown
Lily V. Franklin
Yes
Unknown
Margaret A. Franklin
Yes
Unknown
Mark C. Downey
Yes
Unknown
Stacey Annie Carroll
Yes
Summary
An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-800 and 3.2-802 of the Code of Virginia, relating to Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; noxious weeds; commercial viability. Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services; noxious weeds; commercial viability; report. Amends the definition of noxious weed to remove the exclusion for living plants or parts thereof that are commercially viable or commercially propagated in Virginia and removes the requirement that the Noxious Weeds Advisory Committee include in its recommendations to the Board of Agriculture and Consumer Services an analysis of the current and potential in-state commercial viability of a plant species. The bill requires a plant that is designated by the Board as a noxious weed and commercially propagated in Virginia to be subject to a phase-out period of two years for grasses, forbs, and vines; four years for shrubs; and seven years for trees. The bill directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services to conduct a review of the legislative and regulatory authority of the Board pertaining to the control of noxious weeds and report his findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources by November 1, 2026.
03/04/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109)
03/04/2026
House
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB109ER)
03/04/2026
House
Enrolled
02/27/2026
Senate
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
02/27/2026
Senate
Read third time
02/26/2026
Senate
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
02/26/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
02/26/2026
Senate
Rules suspended
02/24/2026
Senate
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
02/11/2026
Senate
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
02/11/2026
Senate
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
02/10/2026
House
Read third time and passed House (96-Y 2-N 0-A)
02/09/2026
House
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
02/09/2026
House
committee substitute agreed to
02/09/2026
House
Read second time
02/09/2026
House
Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
02/06/2026
House
Read first time
02/06/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109)
02/04/2026
House
Committee substitute printed 26106452D-H1
02/04/2026
House
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
01/28/2026
House
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
01/28/2026
House
House subcommittee offered
01/19/2026
House
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB109)
01/19/2026
House
Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
01/02/2026
House
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
01/02/2026
House
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100221D
Sources
Record Created
Jan 20, 2026 9:26:56 PM
Record Updated
Mar 5, 2026 12:53:10 AM