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Bill	Timber theft; accounting, penalty.	Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of timber theft if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement or, if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of timber theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed in addition to any penalties imposed by the court. The bill provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the timber theft provision. An exception exists for a purchaser who made payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2019	HB 2411	Virginia HB 2411 (2019)	bill	Appropriations Conservation Crimes and Offenses Generally Property and Conveyances	enacted	Les R. Adams	7	26	9	2019-01-08	2019-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/62f16b21-0170-4a85-a4b7-ecaa1c388c24	http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2411	4c4aeba5653c3928442457d892b80500cfc220e28f9c576c76b6070a99d15148	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 2411 (2019) — Timber theft; accounting, penalty.

Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of timber theft if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement or, if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of timber theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed in addition to any penalties imposed by the court. The bill provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the timber theft provision. An exception exists for a purchaser who made payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber.

Version chain

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

1. Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348) (committee substitute) — source
2. House amendments adopted (committee substitute) — source
3. House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2411ER) (committee substitute) — source
5. House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104121D (committee substitute) — source
6. House: Printed as engrossed 19104121D-E (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107005D-S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed Senate with substitute — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House BLOCK VOTE — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107005D-S1 — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Les R. Adams — primary (person)
• Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
• R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
• Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
• Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104121D introduction
• 2019-01-08 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-01-16 Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2019-01-31 Read first time reading-1
• 2019-02-01 Read second time reading-2
• 2019-02-01 Committee amendment agreed to
• 2019-02-01 Engrossed by House as amended HB2411E
• 2019-02-01 Printed as engrossed 19104121D-E
• 2019-02-04 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-04 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
• 2019-02-04 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2019-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2019-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2019-02-14 Rereferred to Finance referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Read third time reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Reading of substitute waived
• 2019-02-20 Committee substitute agreed to 19107005D-S1
• 2019-02-20 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2411S1
• 2019-02-21 Placed on Calendar
• 2019-02-21 Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107005D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
• 2019-02-23 Enrolled
• 2019-02-23 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-23 Signed by President
• 2019-03-04 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
• 2019-03-04 Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 2019-03-12 Approved by Governor-Chapter 348 (effective 7/1/19) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62f16b21-0170-4a85-a4b7-ecaa1c388c24. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).