republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2024/sb-129.md

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Bill	Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation.	Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation. Provides that moneys from the Forest Sustainability Fund must be allocated proportionally among localities that forgo tax revenues as a result of the use value assessment and taxation for real estate devoted for forest use. The bill specifies that no locality shall receive an allocation of more than four percent or less than one-half of one percent of available funds from the Fund. This bill is identical to HB 944.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2024	SB 129	Virginia SB 129 (2024)	bill		enacted	Frank M. Ruff-resigned 1/10	3	24	5	2024-01-05	2024-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/92ab3666-ed4e-4a6c-917f-47bf8c4501cb	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?241+sum+SB129	f3b64788ce6eca92e37c9bccc9ee398cf1a7636609853032c562290d93cc0e95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 129 (2024) — Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation.

Forest Sustainability Fund; fund allocation. Provides that moneys from the Forest Sustainability Fund must be allocated proportionally among localities that forgo tax revenues as a result of the use value assessment and taxation for real estate devoted for forest use. The bill specifies that no locality shall receive an allocation of more than four percent or less than one-half of one percent of available funds from the Fund. This bill is identical to HB 944.

Version chain

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

1. CHAP0703 (committee substitute) — source
2. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102271D (committee substitute) — source
3. SB129ER (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frank M. Ruff-resigned 1/10 — primary (person)
• Russet Perry — cosponsor (person)
• Tammy Brankley Mulchi — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-05 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24102271D filing, introduction
• 2024-01-05 Referred to Committee on Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-01-16 Impact statement from DPB (SB129)
• 2024-01-24 Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-01-25 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 2024-01-26 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
• 2024-02-13 Placed on Calendar
• 2024-02-13 Read first time reading-1
• 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
• 2024-02-21 Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2024-02-23 Read second time reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Read third time reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Passed House BLOCK VOTE (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-26 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (96-Y 0-N) passage
• 2024-02-29 Enrolled enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB129ER) passage
• 2024-02-29 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB129ER)
• 2024-03-03 Signed by President passage
• 2024-03-11 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024 enrolled
• 2024-03-11 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
• 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 703 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
• 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0703)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/92ab3666-ed4e-4a6c-917f-47bf8c4501cb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).