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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee; membership."
+description: "Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee; membership. Allows the commissioner of revenue or the local government's chief property assessment officer to have a representative from his office serve on his behalf on the agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
+legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 292"
+citation: "Virginia HB 292 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jessica L. Anderson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2026-01-09"
+last_action: "2026-04-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ce99f0c-edaf-44b9-bdea-461afaacfbcf"
+source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB292"
+source_hash: "c4e5f850fa8cfab4d786dc270718d6079a840aee1a739506ad98e809a9a7f602"
+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 292 (2026) — Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee; membership.
+
+Agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee; membership. Allows the commissioner of revenue or the local government's chief property assessment officer to have a representative from his office serve on his behalf on the agricultural and forestal districts advisory committee.
+
+## 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/1083437.PDF)
+2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216331.PDF)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1208983.PDF)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **15–0** (pass) · upper
+- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jessica L. Anderson — primary (person)
+- Scott A. Wyatt — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102417D `filing, introduction`
+- **2026-01-09** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-19** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-21** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
+- **2026-01-28** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-03** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
+- **2026-02-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-03** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Rules suspended
+- **2026-03-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
+- **2026-03-05** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-03-06** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
+- **2026-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2026-03-14** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB292ER) `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-14** Signed by President `passage`
+- **2026-03-25** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 25, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 101 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0101)
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ce99f0c-edaf-44b9-bdea-461afaacfbcf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
+