---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beneficial hardwood management practices; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit."
description: "Beneficial hardwood management practices; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2022S1"
identifier: "HB 1319"
citation: "Virginia HB 1319 (2022S1)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams, L.R."]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2022-01-21"
last_action: "2022-08-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1413c326-f300-439f-aadf-95e15686fea4"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+sum+HB1319"
source_hash: "d091320e8e4d99d6fdb155b664d03e39fd4f3418e27098246fa4d416f4adc8e0"
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 1319 (2022S1) — Beneficial hardwood management practices; creates a nonrefundable income tax credit.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+CHAP0018)
2. **HB1319ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1319ER)
3. **Presented and ordered printed 22101516D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1319)
4. **Printed as engrossed 22101516D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?222+ful+HB1319E)

## Votes

- Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N 2-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 9-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 2-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Adams, L.R. — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-21** Presented and ordered printed 22101516D `introduction`
- **2022-01-21** Referred to Committee on Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-27** Assigned Finance sub: Subcommittee #1 `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-30** Impact statement from TAX (HB1319)
- **2022-01-31** Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 1-N)
- **2022-01-31** Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- **2022-02-02** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2022-02-02** Reported from Finance with amendment(s) (18-Y 3-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-02** Referred to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- **2022-02-09** Reported from Appropriations (21-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-11** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2022-02-14** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2022-02-14** Committee amendment agreed to
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed by House as amended HB1319E
- **2022-02-14** Printed as engrossed 22101516D-E
- **2022-02-15** Read third time and passed House (91-Y 7-N 2-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-15** VOTE: Passage (91-Y 7-N 2-A)
- **2022-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2022-02-16** Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-23** Impact statement from TAX (HB1319E)
- **2022-03-01** Reported from Finance and Appropriations with amendments (14-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-02** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Reading of amendments waived
- **2022-03-02** Committee amendments agreed to
- **2022-03-02** Engrossed by Senate as amended
- **2022-03-02** Passed Senate with amendments (38-Y 2-N) `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Senate amendments rejected by House (0-Y 99-N)
- **2022-03-02** VOTE: Rejected (0-Y 99-N)
- **2022-03-02** Senate insisted on amendments (39-Y 0-N)
- **2022-03-02** Senate requested conference committee
- **2022-03-02** House acceded to request
- **2022-03-02** Conferees appointed by House
- **2022-03-02** Conferees appointed by Senate
- **2022-03-12** Continued to 2022 Sp. Sess. 1 pursuant to HJR455
- **2022-06-01** Amended by conference committee
- **2022-06-01** Conference report agreed to by House (79-Y 9-N 1-A)
- **2022-06-01** VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 9-N 1-A)
- **2022-06-17** Conference report agreed to by Senate (38-Y 1-N)
- **2022-07-20** Enrolled
- **2022-07-20** Impact statement from TAX (HB1319ER)
- **2022-07-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2022-07-21** Signed by President
- **2022-07-28** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on July 28, 2022
- **2022-07-28** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., August 4, 2022
- **2022-08-04** Approved by Governor-Chapter 18 (effective on the 1st day of the 4th month following the month `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-04** of adjournment of the 2022 Special Session l)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1413c326-f300-439f-aadf-95e15686fea4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).