---
type: "Bill"
title: "Land preservation; deadline for filing an application for tax credits."
description: "Land preservation; deadline for filing an application for tax credits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1834"
citation: "Virginia HB 1834 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cherry"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42584d19-c351-4ddc-84ad-b9871b22df77"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB1834"
source_hash: "9516642d651474ee457052560fff3dc31f5d13333fb54243afabdf204a3fa7dd"
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 1834 (2023) — Land preservation; deadline for filing an application for tax credits.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0173** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0173)
2. **HB1834ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1834ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101831D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB1834)

## Votes

- Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cherry — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23101831D `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-10** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-15** Impact statement from TAX (HB1834)
- **2023-01-16** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) `substitution`
- **2023-01-18** Reported from Finance (20-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Read third time and passed House (87-Y 13-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24** VOTE: Passage (87-Y 13-N) `passage`
- **2023-01-25** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-01-25** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-20** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1834ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-20** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Impact statement from TAX (HB1834ER)
- **2023-03-22** Approved by Governor-Chapter 173 (effective 7/1/23) `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-22** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0173)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42584d19-c351-4ddc-84ad-b9871b22df77`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).