Apple Board; repealing Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, delayed effective date, report.
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Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
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Officially: “An Act to amend and reenact §§ 2.2-3705.6, 2.2-3711, as it is currently effective and as it shall become effective, 3.2-1100, 3.2-1104, 3.2-1105, 3.2-1106, 10.1-1458, and 15.2-2103.1 of the Code of Virginia and to repeal Chapter 12 (§§ 3.2-1200 through 3.2-1217) of Title 3.2 of the Code of...” Read the full text
2026 session
What it does
Apple Board; repeal. Repeals the Apple Board and Apple Fund effective July 1, 2028, and provides that any funds remaining in the Apple Fund as of July 1, 2028, shall be transferred to the Governor's Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund. The bill provides that the excise tax levied on apples grown in the Commonwealth shall not be collected for the 2026 harvest season and requires the chair of the Apple Board to file a report with the Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Servic
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Where it is
Introduced · Dec 30, 2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter 23 (latest official status)
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The numbers
1
sponsor on the bill
Sponsors
Dan I. Helmer
Recorded votes
Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-03-02 · P · Y 40
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · X 40
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)Senate · 2026-02-26 · P · Y 40
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 2-N)Senate · 2026-02-24 · P · Y 11, N 2, X 2
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)House of Delegates · 2026-02-03 · P · Y 98, X 2
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-28 · P · Y 22
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)House of Delegates · 2026-01-21 · P · Y 10
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Virginia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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