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type: "Bill"
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title: "Trees; replacement and conservation during development process, powers of local government."
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description: "Powers of local government; trees during development process; replacement and conservation. Expands to all localitiesprovisions that currently only allow certain localities to adoptan ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of treesduring the development process. The bill adds more flexibility forimplementation and management of tree canopy banks, tree canopy credits,and tree canopy requirements. The bill changes and updates standards,reference documents, and published reference texts. The bill expandsoptions for localities to disburse funds to charitable organizations. The bill adds percentage specifications for ordinances related tocemeteries. The bill removes the prohibition of invalidating localordinances adopted before July 1, 1990, the allowance of 10-year minimum requirements for pre-1990 ordinances, and the inability toinvalidate an ordinance adopted pursuant to the section relating tothe replacement of trees during development process in certain localities.The bill provides guidelines for the Stakeholder Advisory Group, established by the bill to provide recommendations on the provisionsof the bill, and its meetings; exemptions from the AdministrativeProcess Act, section-specific definitions for public comment; andthe Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The main provisions of the bill have a delayed enactment date of January 1, 2023; the remainingprovisions are effective in due course."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 537"
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citation: "Virginia SB 537 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["David W. Marsden"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2022-01-12"
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last_action: "2022-04-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d507ec8-9f53-4c7d-a363-4d08ce6474ea"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB537"
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source_hash: "d524ecdf9a40185f240404d82578bee4a3600aa5935a7c87844826a254f2fdca"
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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 537 (2022) — Trees; replacement and conservation during development process, powers of local government.
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Powers of local government; trees during development process; replacement and conservation. Expands to all localitiesprovisions that currently only allow certain localities to adoptan ordinance providing for the planting and replacement of treesduring the development process. The bill adds more flexibility forimplementation and management of tree canopy banks, tree canopy credits,and tree canopy requirements. The bill changes and updates standards,reference documents, and published reference texts. The bill expandsoptions for localities to disburse funds to charitable organizations. The bill adds percentage specifications for ordinances related tocemeteries. The bill removes the prohibition of invalidating localordinances adopted before July 1, 1990, the allowance of 10-year minimum requirements for pre-1990 ordinances, and the inability toinvalidate an ordinance adopted pursuant to the section relating tothe replacement of trees during development process in certain localities.The bill provides guidelines for the Stakeholder Advisory Group, established by the bill to provide recommendations on the provisionsof the bill, and its meetings; exemptions from the AdministrativeProcess Act, section-specific definitions for public comment; andthe Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The main provisions of the bill have a delayed enactment date of January 1, 2023; the remainingprovisions are effective in due course.
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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. **CHAP0620** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+CHAP0620)
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2. **Committee substitute printed 22105677D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB537S1)
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3. **Committee substitute printed 22107424D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB537H1)
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4. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102580D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB537)
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5. **SB537ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+ful+SB537ER)
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## Votes
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- Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) — **24–15** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (77-Y 18-N) — **76–18** (pass) · lower
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N) — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) — **23–17** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (18-Y 4-N) — **18–4** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N) — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) — **10–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- David W. Marsden — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-12** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/12/22 22102580D `introduction`
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- **2022-01-12** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB537)
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- **2022-02-08** Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-02-08** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 5-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-08** Committee substitute printed 22105677D-S1 `substitution`
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- **2022-02-09** Constitutional reading dispensed (38-Y 0-N)
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- **2022-02-10** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-10** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2022-02-10** Committee substitute agreed to 22105677D-S1
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- **2022-02-10** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB537S1
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- **2022-02-11** Passed by for the day
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- **2022-02-14** Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 15-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-22** Impact statement from DPB (SB537S1)
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- **2022-02-23** Placed on Calendar
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- **2022-02-23** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2022-02-23** Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-24** Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-03** House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-03-03** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 2-N)
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- **2022-03-04** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2022-03-04** Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (18-Y 4-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2022-03-04** Committee substitute printed 22107424D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2022-03-07** Impact statement from DPB (SB537H1)
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- **2022-03-08** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2022-03-09** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2022-03-09** Committee substitute agreed to 22107424D-H1
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- **2022-03-09** Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB537H1
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- **2022-03-09** Passed House with substitute (77-Y 18-N) `passage`
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- **2022-03-09** VOTE: Passage (77-Y 18-N)
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- **2022-03-10** House substitute agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N)
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- **2022-03-10** Title replaced 22107424D-H1
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- **2022-03-21** Enrolled
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- **2022-03-21** Signed by President
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- **2022-03-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2022-03-22** Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 22, 2022
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- **2022-03-22** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2022
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- **2022-03-23** Impact statement from DPB (SB537ER)
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- **2022-04-11** Approved by Governor-Chapter 620 (effective 7/1/22) `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/5d507ec8-9f53-4c7d-a363-4d08ce6474ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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