---
type: "Bill"
title: "Urban green space; local incentives."
description: "Urban green space; local incentives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1510"
citation: "Virginia HB 1510 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, D.M."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-04"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d699cbb-1c82-4b20-9195-c1361830f7ea"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1510"
source_hash: "7adec40a2de6a8e782cad3462c16b1145513043e5e85d1afb1fd93c27b3a2e5d"
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 1510 (2023) — Urban green space; local incentives.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **CHAP0427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0427)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23105016D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1510H1)
3. **HB1510ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1510ER)
4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103048D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1510)

## Votes

- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Adams, D.M. — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23103048D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-04** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17** Impact statement from TAX (HB1510)
- **2023-01-19** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
- **2023-01-25** Reported from Finance with substitute (19-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25** Committee substitute printed 23105016D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-27** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Committee substitute agreed to 23105016D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-30** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1510H1 `substitution`
- **2023-01-31** Read third time and passed House (72-Y 27-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31** VOTE: Passage (72-Y 27-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-01** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-01** Referred to Committee on Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-22** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22** Passed Senate (32-Y 8-N) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1510ER) `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-13** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 13, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-13** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 427 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0427)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d699cbb-1c82-4b20-9195-c1361830f7ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).