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Bill Trees; replacement during development process in localities, tree canopy fund. Replacement of trees during development process in localities; tree canopy fund. Allows localities by ordinance to establish a tree canopy fund to collect, maintain, and distribute fees collected from developers that cannot provide for full tree canopy requirements where the development project is situated. The bill requires the ordinance to establish cost units that are based on average costs of two-inch caliper nursery stock trees. The bill allows a locality to use moneys from the fund to (i) plant and maintain trees on public or private property or (ii) make disbursements to a community-based organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is operated for tree planting, stewardship, or community-beautification missions that benefit the community at large. The bill requires any funds collected by localities to be spent within five years of the collection date. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2025 HB 2630 Virginia HB 2630 (2025)
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Virginia HB 2630 (2025) — Trees; replacement during development process in localities, tree canopy fund.

Replacement of trees during development process in localities; tree canopy fund. Allows localities by ordinance to establish a tree canopy fund to collect, maintain, and distribute fees collected from developers that cannot provide for full tree canopy requirements where the development project is situated. The bill requires the ordinance to establish cost units that are based on average costs of two-inch caliper nursery stock trees. The bill allows a locality to use moneys from the fund to (i) plant and maintain trees on public or private property or (ii) make disbursements to a community-based organization that is exempt from income tax pursuant to § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is operated for tree planting, stewardship, or community-beautification missions that benefit the community at large. The bill requires any funds collected by localities to be spent within five years of the collection date.

Version chain

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

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) — 104 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N) — 6335 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passed Senate (27-Y 9-N) — 279 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Rodney T. Willett — primary (person)
  • Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
  • Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
  • Dan I. Helmer — cosponsor (person)
  • Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
  • Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
  • Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
  • Kathy K.L. Tran — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcia S. "Cia" Price — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
  • Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
  • Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
  • Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-13 Presented and ordered printed 25104665D introduction
  • 2025-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-01-24 Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-01-29 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-01-29 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-01-31 Read first time reading-1
  • 2025-02-03 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
  • 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-04 Read third time and passed House (63-Y 35-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2025-02-05 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
  • 2025-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2025-02-11 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (10-Y 4-N) committee-passage
  • 2025-02-13 Rules suspended
  • 2025-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
  • 2025-02-13 Passed by for the day
  • 2025-02-14 Read third time reading-3
  • 2025-02-14 Passed Senate (27-Y 9-N) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2630ER) passage
  • 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2025-02-22 Signed by President passage
  • 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 enrolled, executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
  • 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 417 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
  • 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0417)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/aaba40cb-f680-4ae3-9d16-4577b1ec465f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).