An Act to amend and reenact §§ 3.2-3700 and 3.2-3704 of the Code of Virginia, relating to fertilizer and lime permit requirements.
HB749 amends Virginia’s fertilizer and lime law provisions, specifically §§ 3.2-3700 and 3.2-3704 of the Code of Virginia. The bill updates and expands the statutory definitions used in the chapter governing liming materials, including terms such as agricultural liming material, industrial co-product used to neutralize soil acid, distributor, manufacturer, contractor, and related labeling and measurement concepts. The text shown focuses heavily on definitional changes, which are used to support the regulatory framework for the sale, distribution, registration, and permitting of liming materials in the Commonwealth.
The bill’s practical effect is to refine how lime products and related materials are classified and regulated under state law. By clarifying definitions tied to liming materials, bulk sales, labels, standard liming ton calculations, and stop-sale orders, it affects manufacturers, distributors, registrants, contractors, and others involved in the agricultural lime market. These changes likely support enforcement and compliance by making the regulatory terms more precise for permitting and product oversight.
HB749 amends the Code of Virginia’s chapter on liming materials, which governs the registration, distribution, and permitting of agricultural lime and related products. The bill updates statutory definitions that determine who must be licensed or permitted and how liming materials are identified, labeled, measured, and regulated. As a result, it affects businesses and individuals involved in producing, importing, selling, or distributing lime and similar soil-acid neutralizing products, while also strengthening the legal framework used by state regulators to enforce compliance.
The available context shows no recorded committee debate or vote history, so there is no evidence of significant opposition or support expressed in the materials provided. The bill was enacted as Chapter 419 and approved on April 8, 2026, which suggests it moved through the legislative process successfully and without visible controversy in the supplied record. Overall, the sentiment appears neutral to favorable, consistent with a technical regulatory update.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcripts or vote history. Because the bill is primarily a definitional and regulatory update, any disagreement would likely have centered on the scope of permitting requirements, compliance burdens on lime distributors or contractors, or how industrial co-products are treated under the law. However, none of those issues are reflected in the materials supplied here.