republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/hb-892.md

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Bill	Farmland Preservation, Office of; transfers Office to Dept. of Forestry.	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Department of Forestry; Office of Farmland Preservation transferred. Transfers from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Department of Forestry the Office of Farmland Preservation and its powers and duties and reporting requirements, the Virginia Farm Link Program, the Century Farm Program, and the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund. The bill renames the Office as the Office of Working Lands Preservation. The bill makes technical amendments to effectuate the transfer and requires the Department of Environmental Quality to report to the Department of Forestry by July 1 of each year certain enumerated information about nonpoint source nutrient credits certified in the previous year that involve land use conversion. This bill is identical to SB 616.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	HB 892	Virginia HB 892 (2024)	bill		enacted	David L. Bulova	4	37	9	2024-01-09	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/93aa36cd-c9bc-4428-8197-550c8bea60ba	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+HB892	4fbc802e034f7ded7ba48c4679e0588bb0c08656da84178fe027d9e7ca224c86	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia HB 892 (2024) — Farmland Preservation, Office of; transfers Office to Dept. of Forestry.

Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; Department of Forestry; Office of Farmland Preservation transferred. Transfers from the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to the Department of Forestry the Office of Farmland Preservation and its powers and duties and reporting requirements, the Virginia Farm Link Program, the Century Farm Program, and the Virginia Farmland and Forestland Preservation Fund. The bill renames the Office as the Office of Working Lands Preservation. The bill makes technical amendments to effectuate the transfer and requires the Department of Environmental Quality to report to the Department of Forestry by July 1 of each year certain enumerated information about nonpoint source nutrient credits certified in the previous year that involve land use conversion. This bill is identical to SB 616.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0146 (committee substitute) — source
2. HB892ER (committee substitute) — source
3. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104878D (committee substitute) — source
4. Printed as engrossed 24104878D-E (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) — 20–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N) — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David L. Bulova — primary (person)
• Michael J. Webert — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Lopes Maldonado — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24104878D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-01-23 Assigned ACNR sub: Agriculture referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Impact statement from DPB (HB892)
• 2024-01-31 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (10-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-31 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-07 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-07 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-08 Assigned App. sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-09 Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
• 2024-02-09 Reported from Appropriations (20-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-11 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-12 Committee amendments agreed to amendment-passage
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed by House as amended HB892E
• 2024-02-12 Printed as engrossed 24104878D-E
• 2024-02-13 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-13 Impact statement from DPB (HB892E)
• 2024-02-14 Constitutional reading dispensed
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
• 2024-02-16 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (11-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-16 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 2024-03-01 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-03-01 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-03-07 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-03-07 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB892ER) passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 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
• 2024-03-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB892ER)
• 2024-03-26 Approved by Governor-Chapter 146 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0146)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93aa36cd-c9bc-4428-8197-550c8bea60ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).