republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-778.md

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Bill	Quitclaim and release property rights; DCR to release certain property rights in Albemarle County.	Quitclaim and release property rights. Authorizesthe Department of Conservation and Recreation to quitclaim and releasecertain real property rights related to a portion of real estateowned by the Department related to an offsite ingress and egresseasement serving the Biscuit Run property in Albemarle County.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 778	Virginia HB 778 (2024)	bill		enacted	Katrina Callsen	3	30	8	2024-01-09	2024-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/57c5c4d3-7d65-4894-8387-1f57597cb6a5	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB778	608ac2935360b3e57e284c8095688ce55c32e49bdc09edc020cac2fc4828de07	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 778 (2024) — Quitclaim and release property rights; DCR to release certain property rights in Albemarle County.

Quitclaim and release property rights. Authorizesthe Department of Conservation and Recreation to quitclaim and releasecertain real property rights related to a portion of real estateowned by the Department related to an offsite ingress and egresseasement serving the Biscuit Run property in Albemarle County.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0453 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB778ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104513D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) — 97–0 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Katrina Callsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104513D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on General Laws referral-committee
• 2024-01-17 Impact statement from DPB (HB778)
• 2024-01-22 Assigned GL sub: Procurement/Open Government referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-25 Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Assigned Courts sub: Civil referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-02 Reported from Courts of Justice (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-07 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-08 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-08 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-09 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Courts of Justice (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-04 Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB778ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Impact statement from DPB (HB778ER)
• 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
• 2024-04-04 Approved by Governor-Chapter 453 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-04 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0453)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/57c5c4d3-7d65-4894-8387-1f57597cb6a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).