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type: "Bill"
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title: "Forest Sustainability Fund; Office of Working Lands Preservation to manage."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "HB 543"
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citation: "Virginia HB 543 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karen R. \"Kacey\" Carnegie"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/456a63a5-9266-4605-bf68-e324a8c4e1de"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB543"
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source_hash: "9618e19d478d683a068a3028d9b6218eb7c4fe66279d0fc87ad0de4466c0cc1b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 543 (2026) — Forest Sustainability Fund; Office of Working Lands Preservation to manage.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1084884.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191232.PDF)
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## Votes
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie — primary (person)
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- Bonita G. Anthony — cosponsor (person)
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- Charlie Schmidt — cosponsor (person)
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- Elizabeth R. Guzman — cosponsor (person)
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- Nadarius E. Clark — cosponsor (person)
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- Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)
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- Virgil Thornton — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103270D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB543)
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB543ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB543)
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- **2026-03-10** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2026-03-10** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-13** Approved by Governor-Chapter 801 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/456a63a5-9266-4605-bf68-e324a8c4e1de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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