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Subcommittee approves substitute for bill requiring retailers to label certain invasive plants; stakeholders say negotiated changes resolve prior concerns
Summary
House Bill 1941, as substituted, requires retailers selling a specified list of invasive plant species to post clear signage (Latin and common names) notifying customers the plants are invasive. The Agriculture Subcommittee adopted a substitute and reported the bill to the full committee after broad stakeholder support and negotiated changes.
The Agriculture Subcommittee approved a substituted version of House Bill 1941 requiring retailers who sell certain invasive plant species to display clear signage identifying those plants as invasive. The subcommittee voted to report the bill to the full committee with the substitute.
Delegate Seibold, the bill’s patron, told the subcommittee HB 1941 “amends the code of Virginia as it relates to invasive plant species and retail sales.” The substitute shifts statutory language (the patron described it as moving “the language from 10.1 over to 3.2”) and sets a delayed effective date of Jan. 1, 2026.
To address concerns raised last year, the substituted bill lists the affected species explicitly in the legislation instead of delegating the list to the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) educational list.…
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