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Bill Highland Wildlife Management Area; Dept. of Wildlife Resources to convey a non-exclusive easement. Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to grant and convey an appurtenant and non-exclusive easement and right-of-way at the Highland Wildlife Management Area (the WMA) to A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress along Davis Run Road to access the grantee's property. The bill also authorizes the Department to accept a similar easement from A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress over the LLC's property to access the WMA. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 HB 759 Virginia HB 759 (2026)
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Virginia HB 759 (2026) — Highland Wildlife Management Area; Dept. of Wildlife Resources to convey a non-exclusive easement.

Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to grant and convey an appurtenant and non-exclusive easement and right-of-way at the Highland Wildlife Management Area (the WMA) to A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress along Davis Run Road to access the grantee's property. The bill also authorizes the Department to accept a similar easement from A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress over the LLC's property to access the WMA.

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 — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 370 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Rereferred from Courts of Justice — 120 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
  • Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102840D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-01-26 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources 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 for Courts of Justice referral-committee
  • 2026-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB759)
  • 2026-02-18 Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) 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 (HB759ER) 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 (HB759)
  • 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
  • 2026-04-06 Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature
  • 2026-04-06 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f217b430-036a-49d7-b86f-b0c14c295c04. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).