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Bill

Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report.

Department of Environmental Quality; tree planting as land cover type, best management practice; stakeholder advisory group. Directs the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to convene a stakeholder advisory group for the purpose of studying the planting or preservation of trees as an urban land cover type and as a stormwater best management practice (BMP). The bill provides that the stakeholder group shall be composed of development and construction industry representatives, environmental technical experts, local government representatives, and others and that technical assistance shall be provided to DEQ by the Department of Forestry and the Department of Conservation and Recreation. The bill directs DEQ to report the findings of the stakeholder group by November 1, 2020, and to include a recommendation as to whether the planting or preservation of trees shall be deemed a creditable land cover type or BMP and, if so, how much credit shall be given for its optional use.

us/states/va

Virginia General Assembly

2020

HB 520

Virginia HB 520 (2020)

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enacted

David L. Bulova

2020-01-04

2020-03-23

openstates

ocd-bill/1f6ca976-b62a-49f2-9c54-2dda00d9c0ec

https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB520

734108ed856c09501aad485ca59da507def5c4dc330d2909ae5e11d24ab846e2

2026-07-01

https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump

2026-07-06

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Virginia HB 520 (2020) — Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report.

Version chain

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

Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405) (committee substitute) — source
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB520ER) (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB520H1 (committee substitute) — source
Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB520H1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — 21–1 (pass) · lower
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — 13–2 (pass) · upper
VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 20-N) — 78–20 (pass) · lower
Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 3-N) — 33–3 (pass) · upper
Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — 81–17 (pass) · lower

Timeline

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

2020-01-04 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101520D introduction
2020-01-04 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-01-14 Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake referral-committee
2020-01-20 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
2020-01-22 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) committee-passage
2020-01-22 Committee substitute printed 20106166D-H1 substitution
2020-01-24 Read first time reading-1
2020-01-27 Read second time reading-2
2020-01-27 Committee substitute agreed to 20106166D-H1
2020-01-27 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB520H1
2020-01-28 Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) passage, reading-3
2020-01-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB520H1)
2020-01-28 VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
2020-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
2020-01-29 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
2020-02-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 2-N) committee-passage
2020-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
2020-02-21 Read third time reading-3
2020-02-21 Reading of amendment waived
2020-02-21 Committee amendment agreed to
2020-02-21 Engrossed by Senate as amended
2020-02-21 Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 3-N) passage
2020-02-25 Placed on Calendar
2020-02-25 Senate amendment agreed to by House (79-Y 20-N)
2020-02-25 VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 20-N)
2020-03-02 Enrolled
2020-03-02 Impact statement from DPB (HB520ER)
2020-03-02 Signed by Speaker
2020-03-03 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
2020-03-23 Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1f6ca976-b62a-49f2-9c54-2dda00d9c0ec. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).

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