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type: "Bill"
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title: "Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 520"
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citation: "Virginia HB 520 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David L. Bulova"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2020-01-04"
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last_action: "2020-03-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f6ca976-b62a-49f2-9c54-2dda00d9c0ec"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB520"
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source_hash: "734108ed856c09501aad485ca59da507def5c4dc330d2909ae5e11d24ab846e2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 520 (2020) — Trees; DEQ to convene advisory to study planting or preservation, report.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0405)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0405)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB520ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB520ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB520H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB520H1)
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4. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB520H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB520)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) — **21–1** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 2-N) — **13–2** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 20-N) — **78–20** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 3-N) — **33–3** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N) — **81–17** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- David L. Bulova — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark L. Keam — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101520D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Chesapeake `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-20** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-22** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (21-Y 1-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-22** Committee substitute printed 20106166D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-24** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-27** Committee substitute agreed to 20106166D-H1
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- **2020-01-27** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB520H1
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- **2020-01-28** Read third time and passed House (82-Y 17-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-01-28** Impact statement from DPB (HB520H1)
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- **2020-01-28** VOTE: Passage (82-Y 17-N)
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- **2020-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-01-29** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-18** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with amendment (13-Y 2-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-20** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-21** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-21** Reading of amendment waived
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- **2020-02-21** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2020-02-21** Engrossed by Senate as amended
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- **2020-02-21** Passed Senate with amendment (33-Y 3-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-25** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-25** Senate amendment agreed to by House (79-Y 20-N)
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- **2020-02-25** VOTE: Adoption (79-Y 20-N)
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- **2020-03-02** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-02** Impact statement from DPB (HB520ER)
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- **2020-03-02** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-03** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-03-23** Approved by Governor-Chapter 405 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f6ca976-b62a-49f2-9c54-2dda00d9c0ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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