republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-459.md

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Bill	Trees; conservation during land development process in certain localities.	Conservation of trees during land developmentprocess in certain localities. Expands authority of certain localitiesto adopt an ordinance providing for the planting and replacementof trees during the development process by allowing a tree canopyfund that currently applies to the planting of trees on public propertyto include maintenance of trees on public property and planting andmaintenance of trees on private property. The bill removes a provisionthat requires that any funds collected for the purposes of the tree canopy fund be returned to the original contributor if not spentwithin five years but maintains the requirement that such finds be spent within five years. The bill also includes an expansion ofthe canopy credit and a provision that will require a local treeconservation ordinance to meet the standards set out in the statute.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 459	Virginia HB 459 (2024)	bill		enacted	Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.	4	28	6	2024-01-08	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/187247e4-0eeb-484b-9fc5-e1c99709713f	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB459	3495167e5689871153b735b76a29dec6d98c16872579251e375718f5f4dd8749	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 459 (2024) — Trees; conservation during land development process in certain localities.

Conservation of trees during land developmentprocess in certain localities. Expands authority of certain localitiesto adopt an ordinance providing for the planting and replacementof trees during the development process by allowing a tree canopyfund that currently applies to the planting of trees on public propertyto include maintenance of trees on public property and planting andmaintenance of trees on private property. The bill removes a provisionthat requires that any funds collected for the purposes of the tree canopy fund be returned to the original contributor if not spentwithin five years but maintains the requirement that such finds be spent within five years. The bill also includes an expansion ofthe canopy credit and a provision that will require a local treeconservation ordinance to meet the standards set out in the statute.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0691 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB459ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102972D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24102972D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Passage (53-Y 42-N) — 52–42 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) — 13–1 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N) — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) — 15–7 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — primary (person)
• Delores L. McQuinn — cosponsor (person)
• Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
• Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102972D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-08 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Assigned CC & T sub: Subcommittee #2 referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-18 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 1-N)
• 2024-01-19 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with amendment(s) (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-23 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-01-24 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-01-24 Committee amendment agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-01-24 Engrossed by House as amended HB459E
• 2024-01-24 Printed as engrossed 24102972D-E
• 2024-01-25 Passed by for the day
• 2024-01-26 Read third time and passed House (53-Y 42-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-01-26 VOTE: Passage (53-Y 42-N) passage
• 2024-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-01-29 Referred to Committee on Local Government referral-committee
• 2024-02-19 Reported from Local Government (13-Y 1-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-20 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-21 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-21 Passed Senate (31-Y 9-N) passage
• 2024-02-27 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-27 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB459ER) passage
• 2024-02-27 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled, executive-receipt
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 691 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0691)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/187247e4-0eeb-484b-9fc5-e1c99709713f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).