Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund; established and created, report.
Summary
Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund. Creates the Virginia Food Access Investment Program and Fund to provide funding for the construction, rehabilitation, equipment upgrades, or expansion of grocery stores, small food retailers, and innovative food retail projects, defined in the bill, in underserved communities. The provisions of the bill are contingent on funding in a general appropriation act.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2020
Signed into Law
Apr 2020
Introduced Jan 17, 2020
Signed Apr 9, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 5, 2020 · House of Delegates Mar 4, 2020
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 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
35
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
4
Apr 9, 2020
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 957 (effective 7/1/20)
executive
Mar 5, 2020
Introduced
House amendment agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed House with amendment (77-Y 19-N 1-A)
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by House as amended
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed by temporarily
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Appropriations with amendment (19-Y 3-N)
lower
Feb 28, 2020
Lower · Passed
House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
lower
Feb 23, 2020
Committee
Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
lower
Feb 13, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Appropriations
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Upper · Passed
Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Introduced
Engrossed by Senate as amended SB1073E
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Committee amendment agreed to
upper
Feb 4, 2020
Introduced
Reading of amendment waived
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendment (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations
upper
Jan 17, 2020
Introduced
Presented and ordered printed 20105585D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
JL
Jennifer L McClellan
DDemocratic
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