republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2022/sb-31.md

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Bill	Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund; membership, use of funds.	Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund.Directs the Governor to include a $40 million recommended appropriationto the Virginia Land Conservation Fund in the budget bill or amendmentsthereto each year. Currently, the Governor is directed to includean amount based on a formula set forth in the Code. The bill makesvarious changes to the allocation and use of funds for grants fromthe Virginia Land Conservation Fund, including allowing grants tobe made to state-recognized and federally recognized Virginia IndianTribes, and requires that at least one nonlegislative citizen memberof the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees bea member of a state-recognized or federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribe.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2022	SB 31	Virginia SB 31 (2022)	bill		enacted	David W. Marsden	6	47	10	2021-12-23	2022-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7fe1d87c-1fb5-4909-a0d7-3ab27f777375	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB31	77f8c3dc2d44b0dbd08a93eefe691acab860f5c349d9f2a86f9bb6811523f07d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 31 (2022) — Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund; membership, use of funds.

Virginia Land Conservation Foundation and Fund.Directs the Governor to include a $40 million recommended appropriationto the Virginia Land Conservation Fund in the budget bill or amendmentsthereto each year. Currently, the Governor is directed to includean amount based on a formula set forth in the Code. The bill makesvarious changes to the allocation and use of funds for grants fromthe Virginia Land Conservation Fund, including allowing grants tobe made to state-recognized and federally recognized Virginia IndianTribes, and requires that at least one nonlegislative citizen memberof the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation Board of Trustees bea member of a state-recognized or federally recognized Virginia Indian Tribe.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0705 (committee substitute) — source
2. Committee substitute printed 22104657D-S1 (committee substitute) — source
3. Committee substitute printed 22106412D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101655D (committee substitute) — source
5. SB31ER (committee substitute) — source
6. SB31ER2 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) — 19–3 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (12-Y 2-N) — 12–2 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N) — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A) — 33–6 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) — 16–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David W. Marsden — primary (person)
• Emmett W. Hanger, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
• Kaye Kory — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-12-23 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22101655D introduction
• 2021-12-23 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-01-18 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-01-18 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (12-Y 2-N) committee-passage
• 2022-01-18 Committee substitute printed 22104657D-S1 substitution
• 2022-01-18 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB31S1)
• 2022-02-10 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• 2022-02-10 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-02-10 Committee substitute printed 22106412D-S2 substitution
• 2022-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-14 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute rejected 22104657D-S1
• 2022-02-14 Reading of substitute waived
• 2022-02-14 Committee substitute agreed to 22106412D-S2
• 2022-02-14 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB31S2
• 2022-02-15 Read third time and passed Senate (33-Y 6-N 1-A) passage, reading-3
• 2022-02-22 Placed on Calendar
• 2022-02-22 Read first time reading-1
• 2022-02-22 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-22 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
• 2022-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
• 2022-02-24 Impact statement from DPB (SB31S2)
• 2022-03-02 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (19-Y 3-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-02 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2022-03-04 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2022-03-08 Read second time reading-2
• 2022-03-09 Read third time reading-3
• 2022-03-09 Passed House (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2022-03-09 VOTE: Passage (98-Y 0-N)
• 2022-03-11 Enrolled
• 2022-03-11 Signed by President
• 2022-03-11 Signed by Speaker
• 2022-03-15 Impact statement from DPB (SB31ER)
• 2022-03-22 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
• 2022-03-22 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
• 2022-04-11 Governor's recommendation received by Senate
• 2022-04-27 Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (40-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 House concurred in Governor's recommendation BLOCK VOTE (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 VOTE: Adoption (100-Y 0-N)
• 2022-04-27 Governor's recommendation adopted
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Reenrolled bill text (SB31ER2)
• 2022-04-27 Signed by President as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Signed by Speaker as reenrolled
• 2022-04-27 Enacted, Chapter 705 (effective 7/1/22) became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7fe1d87c-1fb5-4909-a0d7-3ab27f777375. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).