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Bill Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry to establish. Department of Forestry; Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan required. Requires the Department of Forestry, in coordination with a Technical Advisory Committee composed of stakeholders, to develop a Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan no later than November 1, 2026, and update such plan at least once every five years thereafter. The bill requires the Department to post and maintain on its website the most recent version of the Plan and to submit the Plan to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than November 30, 2026, and following any update to such plan. This bill is identical to HB 309. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2024 SB 461 Virginia SB 461 (2024)
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Virginia SB 461 (2024) — Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan; Department of Forestry to establish.

Department of Forestry; Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan required. Requires the Department of Forestry, in coordination with a Technical Advisory Committee composed of stakeholders, to develop a Forestland and Urban Tree Canopy Conservation Plan no later than November 1, 2026, and update such plan at least once every five years thereafter. The bill requires the Department to post and maintain on its website the most recent version of the Plan and to submit the Plan to the Governor and Chairmen of the House Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources and the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources no later than November 30, 2026, and following any update to such plan. This bill is identical to HB 309.

Version chain

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

  1. CHAP0354 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107566D-S2 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Committee substitute printed 24108391D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103969D (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB461ER (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB461S1 (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N) — 970 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) — 160 (pass) · lower
  • House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N) — 238 (fail) · upper
  • Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N) — 60 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) — 157 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N) — 925 (pass) · lower
  • Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) — 391 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) — 150 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • David W. Marsden — primary (person)
  • Suhas Subramanyam — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-01-09 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103969D filing, introduction
  • 2024-01-09 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2024-02-01 Impact statement from DPB (SB461)
  • 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-06 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24106638D-S1 substitution
  • 2024-02-06 Substitute bill reprinted 24106638D-S1
  • 2024-02-06 Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-06 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-08 Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-08 Committee substitute printed 24107566D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-09 Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (SB461S2)
  • 2024-02-12 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-02-12 Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources Committee substitute rejected 24106638D-S1
  • 2024-02-12 Reading of substitute waived
  • 2024-02-12 Finance and Appropriations Committee substitute agreed to 24107566D-S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB461S2 substitution
  • 2024-02-12 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-12 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2024-02-15 Placed on Calendar
  • 2024-02-15 Read first time reading-1
  • 2024-02-15 Referred to Committee on Rules referral-committee
  • 2024-02-22 Assigned Rules sub: Studies Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends reporting (6-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-02-23 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-23 Reported from Rules (16-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-23 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2024-02-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2024-02-28 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 7-N) committee-passage
  • 2024-02-28 Committee substitute printed 24108391D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-01 Read second time reading-2
  • 2024-03-04 Read third time reading-3
  • 2024-03-04 Committee substitute agreed to 24108391D-H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Engrossed by House - committee substitute SB461H1 substitution
  • 2024-03-04 Passed House with substitute (93-Y 5-N) passage
  • 2024-03-04 VOTE: Passage (93-Y 5-N) passage
  • 2024-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (SB461H1)
  • 2024-03-05 House substitute rejected by Senate (2-Y 38-N)
  • 2024-03-06 House insisted on substitute substitution
  • 2024-03-06 House requested conference committee referral-committee
  • 2024-03-07 Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by Senate
  • 2024-03-07 Senators: Marsden, Pekarsky, Hackworth
  • 2024-03-07 Conferees appointed by House
  • 2024-03-07 Delegates: Hope, Bulova, Marshall
  • 2024-03-08 Amended by conference committee
  • 2024-03-09 Conference report agreed to by House (98-Y 0-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-09 VOTE: Adoption (98-Y 0-N)
  • 2024-03-09 Conference report agreed to by Senate (39-Y 1-N) committee-passage-favorable
  • 2024-03-25 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB461ER) passage
  • 2024-03-25 Signed by President passage
  • 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024 enrolled
  • 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024 executive-receipt
  • 2024-03-31 Impact statement from DPB (SB461ER)
  • 2024-04-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 354 (effective 7/1/24) executive-signature
  • 2024-04-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0354)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/95256784-1c14-460d-9ef5-51202da10317. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).