Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium Assistance Program; established.
Summary
Dairy Producer Margin Coverage Premium AssistanceProgram. Directs the Commissioner of Agriculture and ConsumerServices to establish and administer the Dairy Producer Margin CoveragePremium Assistance Program (the Program). The bill provides that anydairy farmer that has a resource management plan or nutrient managementplan and participates in the federal margin coverage program fordairy producers at the Tier 1 level as contained in the federal Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is eligible to participate in the Program.Under the bill, each year a Program participant will receive a refundof its annual premium payment paid into the federal program.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 7, 2020
Last action Dec 4, 2020
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
4
Committee
7
Feb 18, 2020
Committee
Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
upper
Feb 18, 2020
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 10, 2020
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2020
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 15, 2020
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
Jan 7, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105211D
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Alfonso Lopez
DDemocratic
Co
Chris L. Hurst
DDemocratic
Co
Tony Wilt
RRepublican
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