---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Services, Department of; adjustment of boundary lines of surplus property."
description: "Department of General Services; adjustment ofboundary lines of surplus property. Provides that the Department of General Services may determine that a boundary line of surplus property is in need of adjustment and may work with property ownersto make such adjustment. The bill provides that the Department maydetermine that a grant or acceptance of an easement may facilitatesuch adjustment and may enter into such easement in a form approvedby the Attorney General and subject to the written approval of theGovernor. The bill also makes changes regarding the notice of saleof surplus property."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 644"
citation: "Virginia HB 644 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Betsy B. Carr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e9a89f1-f715-4294-87d7-9cc76afbc40b"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+HB644"
source_hash: "82390eefe8cd6eaebc5b443aef36d17076be081be087dcc5c5b37a4228f73e8f"
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 644 (2022) — General Services, Department of; adjustment of boundary lines of surplus property.

Department of General Services; adjustment ofboundary lines of surplus property. Provides that the Department of General Services may determine that a boundary line of surplus property is in need of adjustment and may work with property ownersto make such adjustment. The bill provides that the Department maydetermine that a grant or acceptance of an easement may facilitatesuch adjustment and may enter into such easement in a form approvedby the Attorney General and subject to the written approval of theGovernor. The bill also makes changes regarding the notice of saleof surplus property.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0761** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0761)
2. **Committee substitute printed 22105429D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB644H1)
3. **HB644ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB644ER)
4. **HB644ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB644ER2)
5. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102511D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+HB644)

## Votes

- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Betsy B. Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102511D `introduction`
- **2022-01-11** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-21** Assigned GL sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Impact statement from DPB (HB644)
- **2022-01-27** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-01-27** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-03** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-03** Reported from General Laws with substitute (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Committee substitute printed 22105429D-H1 `substitution`
- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (HB644H1)
- **2022-02-07** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-08** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute agreed to 22105429D-H1
- **2022-02-08** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB644H1
- **2022-02-09** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-09** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-10** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-10** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Reported from General Laws and Technology (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-04** Passed by for the day
- **2022-03-07** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-08** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-08** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Enrolled
- **2022-03-10** Impact statement from DPB (HB644ER)
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by President
- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
- **2022-04-11** Governor's recommendation received by House
- **2022-04-27** Placed on Calendar
- **2022-04-27** House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Passed by temporarily
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-04-27** Governor's recommendation adopted
- **2022-04-27** Reenrolled bill text (HB644ER2)
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Signed by President as reenrolled
- **2022-04-27** Enacted, Chapter 761 (effective 7/1/22) `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e9a89f1-f715-4294-87d7-9cc76afbc40b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).