Legislation - HB0429

Title: On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established
Sponsored by: Delegates Boyce, Charkoudian, Embry, Fair, Feldmark, Healey, Hill, Kaufman, Lehman, Patterson, Ruth, Woods, Woorman, Ziegler, Behler, Foley, Jacobs, Holmes, Lewis, Odom, Stein, and T. Morgan
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment and Budget and Taxation
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)

Synopsis

Establishing, beginning July 1, 2028, the On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program in the Department of Agriculture to award grants to eligible entities to develop and implement on-farm organics recycling, compost use, wasted food prevention, and food rescue; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $250,000 for the program; and requiring the Department, beginning December 31, 2028, to annually report to the General Assembly on the impact of the grant program.

Committees

Original:: Environment and Transportation Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Education, Energy, and the Environment; Budget and Taxation

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Details

Cross-filed with: SB0599

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/22/2026 Legislative Date 1/22/2026 Action First Reading Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/28/2026 Legislative Date 1/28/2026 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/09/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2026 Legislative Date 2/26/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {343623/1 Adopted Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/10/2026 Legislative Date 2/26/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 35 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/12/2026 Legislative Date 2/28/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (126-7) Proceedings 37 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/13/2026 Legislative Date 2/28/2026 Action Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation Proceedings 39 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	1/22/2026	1/22/2026	First Reading Environment and Transportation
			Text - First - On-Farm Organics and Wasted Food Reduction and Diversion Grant Programs - Established
House	1/28/2026	1/28/2026	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Environment and Transportation	Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/09/2026	3/09/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Environment and Transportation
House	3/10/2026	2/26/2026	Favorable with Amendments {343623/1 Adopted	35 Click to view Recorded Media
House	3/10/2026	2/26/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	35 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - On-Farm Organics Diversion and Recycling Grant Program - Established
House	3/12/2026	2/28/2026	Third Reading Passed (126-7)	37 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	3/13/2026	2/28/2026	Referred Education, Energy, and the Environment Budget and Taxation	39 Click to view Recorded Media

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