republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2018/hb-61.md

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Bill	Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.	Directs the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretary) to endeavor to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to accomplish the transfer of the Commonwealth's easement interests in battlefield lands located within the boundaries of federal battlefield parks. The bill directs the Secretary to report on the status of the MOU to certain Senate and House committee chairmen by October 1, 2018. The bill is identical to	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2018	HB 61	Virginia HB 61 (2018)	bill	Study Commissions Committees and Reports	enacted	R. Lee Ware	3	19	9	2017-12-04	2018-03-02	openstates	ocd-bill/3c355083-cd5b-426e-9473-84d9ceb9ed2e	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB61	fb2425256e782f97807d2505eecd9c63fd5337b002db1396166da7db2ab35d9a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 61 (2018) — Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.

Directs the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretary) to endeavor to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to accomplish the transfer of the Commonwealth's easement interests in battlefield lands located within the boundaries of federal battlefield parks. The bill directs the Secretary to report on the status of the MOU to certain Senate and House committee chairmen by October 1, 2018. The bill is identical to

Version chain

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

1. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB61ER) (committee substitute) — source
2. House: Committee substitute printed 18105890D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
3. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101736D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · legislature
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 12–0 (pass) · legislature
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Passed Senate — 40–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-12-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101736D introduction
• 2017-12-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-01-15 Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Read first time reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Read second time reading-2
• 2018-01-29 Committee substitute agreed to 18105890D-H1
• 2018-01-29 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB61H1
• 2018-01-30 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2018-01-30 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2018-01-30 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2018-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2018-01-31 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2018-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2018-02-22 Enrolled
• 2018-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2018-02-23 Signed by President
• 2018-02-26 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
• 2018-02-26 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
• 2018-03-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 111 (effective 7/1/18) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3c355083-cd5b-426e-9473-84d9ceb9ed2e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).