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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Working Lands Preservation, Office of; powers and duties, small renewable energy projects fees."
+description: "Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; small renewable energy projects fees. Requires the Office of Working Lands Preservation to serve as a trustee to administer the in-lieu fees in trust for small renewable energy projects. The bill requires such fees to be used to acquire conservation easements and cover any expenses associated with acquiring such easements."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 1081"
+citation: "Virginia HB 1081 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-14"
+last_action: "2026-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf34fc2-04ad-4012-99ff-bef4fbce61d0"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1081"
+source_hash: "643580c0e4d22e3aaf7ec21c85b402ae7843992b5e0dad97293569e554f66f07"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
+---
+
+# Virginia HB 1081 (2026) — Working Lands Preservation, Office of; powers and duties, small renewable energy projects fees.
+
+Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; small renewable energy projects fees. Requires the Office of Working Lands Preservation to serve as a trustee to administer the in-lieu fees in trust for small renewable energy projects. The bill requires such fees to be used to acquire conservation easements and cover any expenses associated with acquiring such easements.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1087344.PDF)
+2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191204.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102877D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1081)
+- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
+- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1081ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1081)
+- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 810 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cf34fc2-04ad-4012-99ff-bef4fbce61d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+