---
type: "Bill"
title: "Quitclaim and release property rights; DCR to release certain property rights in Albemarle County."
description: "Quitclaim and release property rights. Authorizesthe Department of Conservation and Recreation to quitclaim and releasecertain real property rights related to a portion of real estateowned by the Department related to an offsite ingress and egresseasement serving the Biscuit Run property in Albemarle County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 778"
citation: "Virginia HB 778 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katrina Callsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c5c4d3-7d65-4894-8387-1f57597cb6a5"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB778"
source_hash: "608ac2935360b3e57e284c8095688ce55c32e49bdc09edc020cac2fc4828de07"
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 778 (2024) — Quitclaim and release property rights; DCR to release certain property rights in Albemarle County.

Quitclaim and release property rights. Authorizesthe Department of Conservation and Recreation to quitclaim and releasecertain real property rights related to a portion of real estateowned by the Department related to an offsite ingress and egresseasement serving the Biscuit Run property in Albemarle County.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0453)
2. **HB778ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB778ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104513D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+ful+HB778)

## Votes

- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104513D `filing, introduction`
- **2024-01-09** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Impact statement from DPB (HB778)
- **2024-01-22** Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-01-23** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-25** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-25** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-29** Assigned Courts sub: Civil `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2024-02-02** Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-07** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-08** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-02-08** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2024-02-09** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-28** Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-01** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2024-03-04** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2024-03-07** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB778ER) `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Impact statement from DPB (HB778ER)
- **2024-03-11** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/24) `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-04** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57c5c4d3-7d65-4894-8387-1f57597cb6a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).