Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.
Summary
Virginia Food Access Investment Program andFund. Creates the Virginia Food Access Investment Program andFund to provide funding for the construction, rehabilitation, equipmentupgrades, or expansion of grocery stores, small food retailers, andinnovative food retail projects, defined in the bill, in underservedcommunities.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 8, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 5, 2020 · House of Delegates Feb 11, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Mar 5, 2020
D
Democratic21
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
53
Key actions
17
Committee
21
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 956 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 8, 2020
Upper · Passed
Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Conference report agreed to by House (80-Y 17-N 1-A)
lower
Mar 7, 2020
Legislature · Passed
Amended by conference committee
legislature
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate requested conference committee
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB1509S1
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee substitute agreed to 20109410D-S1
upper
Mar 2, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (84-Y 13-N 1-A)
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 2-N)
lower
Feb 7, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 16, 2020
Committee
Referred from General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws
lower
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105227D
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Delores McQuinn
DDemocratic
Co
Betsy Carr
DDemocratic
Co
Cia Price
DDemocratic
Co
Cliff Hayes
DDemocratic
Co
Clint Jenkins
DDemocratic
Co
Ibraheem S. Samirah
DDemocratic
Co
Jeion Ward
DDemocratic
Co
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
Co
Patrick Hope
DDemocratic
Co
Roslyn C. Tyler
DDemocratic
Co
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
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