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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 HB 543. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2026 SB 522 Virginia SB 522 (2026)
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Virginia SB 522 (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 HB 543.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Introduced (filed) — source
  2. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Passage R — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — 130 (pass) · upper
  • H VOTE: — 990 (pass) · lower
  • H VOTE: — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed R — 400 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Angelia Williams Graves — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105419D filing, introduction
  • 2026-01-13 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-01-23 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB522)
  • 2026-01-27 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-01-29 Rules suspended
  • 2026-01-29 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
  • 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-01-29 Passed by for the day
  • 2026-01-30 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-01-30 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
  • 2026-02-02 Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) passage, reading-3
  • 2026-02-05 Placed on Calendar
  • 2026-02-05 Read first time reading-1
  • 2026-02-05 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources referral-committee
  • 2026-02-25 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2026-02-27 Read second time reading-2
  • 2026-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2026-03-02 Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-02 Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
  • 2026-03-02 Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) passage
  • 2026-03-05 Enrolled enrolled
  • 2026-03-05 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB522ER) passage
  • 2026-03-05 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB522)
  • 2026-03-05 Signed by Speaker passage
  • 2026-03-05 Signed by President passage
  • 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 824 (effective 7/1/2026) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e2c41665-3ab7-4d95-92cd-6a0b17e47f30. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).