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| Bill | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation; purposes of foundation, easements. | Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. Allows the Virginia Land Conservation Board of Trustees to waive the requirement for a holder of a conservation easement to have such easement jointly held with a public body whenever such holder acquires any interest in land other than a fee simple interest from a grant or transfer from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, provided that such holder is accredited by the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission or meets a similar set of standards and practices adopted by the Board of Trustees and the easement contains a third party right of enforcement, as defined in relevant law, in favor of the Department of Conservation and Recreation or another public body. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | HB 846 | Virginia HB 846 (2026) |
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Virginia HB 846 (2026) — Virginia Land Conservation Foundation; purposes of foundation, easements.
Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. Allows the Virginia Land Conservation Board of Trustees to waive the requirement for a holder of a conservation easement to have such easement jointly held with a public body whenever such holder acquires any interest in land other than a fee simple interest from a grant or transfer from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, provided that such holder is accredited by the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission or meets a similar set of standards and practices adopted by the Board of Trustees and the easement contains a third party right of enforcement, as defined in relevant law, in favor of the Department of Conservation and Recreation or another public body.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute (committee substitute) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — 22–0 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 37–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 14–0 (pass) · upper
- H VOTE: — 98–0 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — 10–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Hillary Pugh Kent — primary (person)
- Amy J. Laufer — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104916D
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 House subcommittee offered
- 2026-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N)
substitution - 2026-02-04 House committee offered
- 2026-02-04 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-05 Committee substitute printed 26107146D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-06 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-09 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 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 - 2026-02-16 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB846)
- 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 (HB846ER)
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 (HB846)
- 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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3656a76b-8cbc-49c8-bd21-defe7cbb7f49. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).