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type: "Bill"
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title: "Voluntary forest mitigation; agreements."
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description: "Voluntary forest mitigation agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, or any agency within those secretariats, or the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to enter into an agreement, with certain minimum provisions, with the owner or operator of construction projects to accomplish forest mitigation, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that no such agreement shall (i) include any waiver of liability for environmental damage caused by the construction project or (ii) guarantee regulatory approval for a construction project by any state agency."
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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: "SB 674"
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citation: "Virginia SB 674 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["T. Montgomery \"Monty\" Mason"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2020-01-07"
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last_action: "2020-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f72a5c2-f702-4d03-a893-07d3a87842fe"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+SB674"
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source_hash: "d607a4576fe87a93b8baed3a38d1fa081c32c089face92269033a84333ca6299"
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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 SB 674 (2020) — Voluntary forest mitigation; agreements.
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Voluntary forest mitigation agreements. Authorizes the Secretary of Natural Resources, the Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, or any agency within those secretariats, or the Virginia Outdoors Foundation to enter into an agreement, with certain minimum provisions, with the owner or operator of construction projects to accomplish forest mitigation, as defined in the bill. The bill provides that no such agreement shall (i) include any waiver of liability for environmental damage caused by the construction project or (ii) guarantee regulatory approval for a construction project by any state agency.
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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 (CHAP0959)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0959)
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2. **Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB674ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB674ER)
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3. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB674S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB674)
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4. **Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB674S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+SB674S1)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 1-N 4-A) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N) — **62–37** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) — **23–16** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- T. Montgomery "Monty" Mason — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102486D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-21** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (8-Y 1-N 4-A) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-21** Committee substitute printed 20106282D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-23** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-01-24** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-24** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2020-01-24** Committee substitute agreed to 20106282D-S1
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- **2020-01-24** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB674S1
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- **2020-01-27** Read third time and passed Senate (23-Y 16-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-11** Impact statement from DPB (SB674S1)
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- **2020-02-13** Placed on Calendar
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- **2020-02-13** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-02-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-13** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-19** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-19** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (16-Y 6-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-21** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-02-24** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-24** Passed House (63-Y 37-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-24** VOTE: Passage (63-Y 37-N)
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- **2020-02-27** Enrolled
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- **2020-02-27** Impact statement from DPB (SB674ER)
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by President
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- **2020-02-27** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-10** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 10, 2020
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- **2020-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-09** Approved by Governor-Chapter 959 (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/9f72a5c2-f702-4d03-a893-07d3a87842fe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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