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| Bill | Trees; conservation and replacement during development process in certain localities, report. | Conservation and replacement of trees during development process; work group; report. Expands certain existing local government authority to plant or replace trees during the development process by expanding such authority statewide. The bill allows localities to establish higher tree canopy replacement percentages based on density per acre. The bill also alters the current process for granting exceptions to a local ordinance by modifying a provision that requires the granting of an exception when the strict application of the ordinance would result in unnecessary or unreasonable hardship to the developer, and replacing it with a requirement that the locality concur with such a determination. The bill permits localities to monitor and assess the condition and coverage of tree canopies at development sites during a period of up to 20 years after the trees are planted. The bill also allows any town within Planning District 8 belonging to an eight-hour nonattainment area for air quality standards to require, by ordinance, that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy or cover 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria. Under current law, the criteria apply to tree canopy coverage 20 years after development. Finally, the bill directs the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience to convene a work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the tree canopy laws and regulations and report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committee on Local Government by November 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 995 and is identical to SB 589. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 549 | Virginia HB 549 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 549 (2026) — Trees; conservation and replacement during development process in certain localities, report.
Conservation and replacement of trees during development process; work group; report. Expands certain existing local government authority to plant or replace trees during the development process by expanding such authority statewide. The bill allows localities to establish higher tree canopy replacement percentages based on density per acre. The bill also alters the current process for granting exceptions to a local ordinance by modifying a provision that requires the granting of an exception when the strict application of the ordinance would result in unnecessary or unreasonable hardship to the developer, and replacing it with a requirement that the locality concur with such a determination. The bill permits localities to monitor and assess the condition and coverage of tree canopies at development sites during a period of up to 20 years after the trees are planted. The bill also allows any town within Planning District 8 belonging to an eight-hour nonattainment area for air quality standards to require, by ordinance, that a subdivision or development provide for the preservation or replacement of trees on the development site such that the minimum tree canopy or cover 10 years after development is projected to meet specified coverage criteria. Under current law, the criteria apply to tree canopy coverage 20 years after development. Finally, the bill directs the Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience to convene a work group to conduct a comprehensive review of the tree canopy laws and regulations and report the work group's findings and recommendations to the Chairs of the House Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns and Senate Committee on Local Government by November 1, 2026. This bill incorporates HB 995 and is identical to SB 589.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report (committee substitute) — source
- Conference Report Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Counties, Cities and Towns Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Local Government Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Insist & Request R — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 16–4 (pass) · lower
- Passage R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 63–34 (pass) · lower
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Accede Second Conference Committee R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 63–34 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Local Government with substitute — 9–6 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 0–96 (fail) · lower
Sponsors
- Patrick A. Hope — primary (person)
- Betsy B. Carr — cosponsor (person)
- Destiny LeVere Bolling — cosponsor (person)
- Holly M. Seibold — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Keys-Gamarra — cosponsor (person)
- Nicole Cole — cosponsor (person)
- Phil M. Hernandez — cosponsor (person)
- Rae Cousins — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102406D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-01-28 Assigned HCCT sub: Subcommittee #3
referral-committee - 2026-02-06 House committee offered
- 2026-02-06 House committee offered
- 2026-02-06 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 4-N 1-A)
committee-passage - 2026-02-06 Incorporates HB995 (Seibold)
- 2026-02-07 Committee substitute printed 26106579D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-10 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-11 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-11 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-11 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-12 Read third time and passed House (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2026-02-13 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-03-02 Reported from Local Government with substitute (9-Y 6-N)
committee-passage - 2026-03-03 Committee substitute printed 26109044D-S1
substitution - 2026-03-03 Rules suspended
- 2026-03-03 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-03 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-03-04 Local Government Substitute agreed to
- 2026-03-04 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-03-04 Passed Senate with substitute (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-03-06 Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-10 Senate insisted on substitute (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
substitution - 2026-03-10 Senate requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-11 House acceded to request
- 2026-03-11 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-11 House Conferees: Hope, Helmer, Tata
- 2026-03-12 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-12 Senate Conferees: Salim, Srinivasan, Suetterlein
- 2026-03-14 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 House requested second conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-03-14 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Senate acceded to request for second conference committee (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
- 2026-03-14 Second conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-03-14 Senate Conferees: Salim, Srinivasan, Suetterlein
- 2026-03-14 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-03-14 House Conferees: Hope, McClure, Tata
- 2026-03-14 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by House (63-Y 34-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-14 Conference report agreed to by Senate (22-Y 17-N 0-A)
committee-passage-favorable - 2026-03-30 Enrolled
enrolled - 2026-03-30 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB549ER)
passage - 2026-03-30 Signed by President
passage - 2026-03-31 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2026-03-31 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 31, 2026
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2026-03-31 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
executive-receipt - 2026-04-13 Approved by Governor-Chapter 626 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0626)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4938241e-c306-455c-aeab-9c087d2f0318. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).