republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2020/hb-1622.md

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Bill	Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property.	Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property; recordation fee. Authorizes the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, in administering the Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund, to provide grants to persons conveying to the Foundation fee simple title or other rights to interests or privileges in property on agricultural, forestal, or other open-space land and to provide grants to localities acquiring such interests. Current law authorizes the Foundation to provide such grants for the acquisition of open-space and conservation easements. The bill also clarifies the imposition of the existing deed recordation fee, the revenue from which is distributed to the Foundation, and raises the fee amount from $1 to $3. The bill contains technical amendments.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2020	HB 1622	Virginia HB 1622 (2020)	bill		enacted	Kenneth R. Plum	4	26	5	2020-01-16	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/216034af-775c-400b-85e6-70c5d825b497	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB1622	1127c61cbd74d4b35ccc0e58ae3b266c827f0e8f79fd5a15e395fe6ae43dfc9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 1622 (2020) — Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property.

Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund; acquisition of interests in property; recordation fee. Authorizes the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, in administering the Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund, to provide grants to persons conveying to the Foundation fee simple title or other rights to interests or privileges in property on agricultural, forestal, or other open-space land and to provide grants to localities acquiring such interests. Current law authorizes the Foundation to provide such grants for the acquisition of open-space and conservation easements. The bill also clarifies the imposition of the existing deed recordation fee, the revenue from which is distributed to the Foundation, and raises the fee amount from $1 to $3. The bill contains technical amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0567) (committee substitute) — source
2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1622ER) (committee substitute) — source
3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1622H1 (committee substitute) — source
4. Impact statement from DPB (HB1622) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 21–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (84-Y 12-N) — 83–12 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kenneth R. Plum — primary (person)
• Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
• Martha M. Mugler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 20105601D introduction
• 2020-01-16 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-04 Impact statement from DPB (HB1622)
• 2020-02-05 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2020-02-05 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20106055D-H1 substitution
• 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
• 2020-02-07 Committee substitute agreed to 20106055D-H1
• 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1622H1
• 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House (84-Y 12-N) passage, reading-3
• 2020-02-10 VOTE: Passage (84-Y 12-N)
• 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2020-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1622H1)
• 2020-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N 1-A) committee-passage
• 2020-02-27 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2020-02-28 Read third time reading-3
• 2020-02-28 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) passage
• 2020-03-05 Enrolled
• 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB1622ER)
• 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2020-03-06 Signed by President
• 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
• 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
• 2020-03-31 Approved by Governor-Chapter 567 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/216034af-775c-400b-85e6-70c5d825b497. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).