SB 163 — Pesticide control; agencies or persons exempt or partially exempt.

VA 20261 session

Pesticide control; agencies or persons exempt or partially exempt. Provides that volunteers associated with state agencies, municipal corporations, or other governmental agencies shall be certified as commercial applicators or registered technicians for the use of pesticides, provided that such certification is valid only when applying or supervising application of pesticides used by such governmental agencies. The bill also exempts from applicator certification requirements any unpaid volunteer who uses any nonrestricted herbicide with the express authorization of a state agency for the sole purpose of controlling invasive plants or noxious weeds on properties owned by such state agency.

Latest action: — Acts of Assembly Chapter

Sponsors (1)

Ryan T. McDougle (R, VA) — sponsor

Action timeline (33)

2026-01-07 · senate · S4020 —
2026-01-07 · senate · S0101 —
2026-01-20 · senate · S0105 —
2026-01-20 · senate · S8500 —
2026-01-22 · senate · S4110 —
2026-01-22 · senate · S4140 —
2026-01-22 · senate · S4160 —
2026-01-23 · senate · S4120 —
2026-01-23 · senate · S4600 —
2026-01-26 · senate · S5000 —
2026-01-26 · senate · S5001 —
2026-02-03 · house · H5220 —
2026-02-03 · house · H4110 —
2026-02-03 · house · H0101 —
2026-02-24 · house · H0112 —
2026-02-25 · house · H0116 —
2026-02-25 · house · H0105 —
2026-02-27 · house · H4120 —
2026-03-02 · house · H4130 —
2026-03-02 · house · H4162 —
2026-03-02 · house · H5100 —
2026-03-02 · house · H4190 —
2026-03-02 · house · H5100 —
2026-03-05 · senate · S5610 —
2026-03-05 · senate · S5601 —
2026-03-05 · senate · S8500 —
2026-03-05 · house · H5620 —
2026-03-05 · senate · S5620 —
2026-03-10 · senate · S7010 —
2026-03-10 · G7010 —
2026-04-06 · G7050 —
2026-04-06 · G7050 —
2026-04-06 · G9998 —

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Who matters on this bill

Who matters

Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.

#	Member	Role	Speeches	Voted	Score
1	Ryan T. McDougle (R, state_upper VA)	sponsor	0	—	5

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Predicted vote

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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)

By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no

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