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| Bill | Forest Sustainability Fund; Office of Working Lands Preservation to manage. | Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; Forest Sustainability Fund. Adds management of the Forest Sustainability Fund to the powers and duties of the Office of Working Lands Preservation within the Department of Forestry. This bill is identical to SB 522. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 543 | Virginia HB 543 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 543 (2026) — Forest Sustainability Fund; Office of Working Lands Preservation to manage.
Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; Forest Sustainability Fund. Adds management of the Forest Sustainability Fund to the powers and duties of the Office of Working Lands Preservation within the Department of Forestry. This bill is identical to SB 522.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting — 10–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 22–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — primary (person)
- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103270D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB543)
- 2026-01-27 Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-10 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-11 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee - 2026-02-24 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-26 Rules suspended
- 2026-02-26 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-26 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-02-27 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-27 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-04 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-04 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB543ER)
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-04 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB543)
- 2026-03-10 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-10 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 801 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/456a63a5-9266-4605-bf68-e324a8c4e1de. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).