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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 HB 543."
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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: "SB 522"
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citation: "Virginia SB 522 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Angelia Williams Graves"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 28
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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/e2c41665-3ab7-4d95-92cd-6a0b17e47f30"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB522"
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source_hash: "268b1c045407e57401c65ccd605d739d4a41b6c6d51b71b402099e00c1c1159b"
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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 SB 522 (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 HB 543.
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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/1090658.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191590.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passage R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed R — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Angelia Williams Graves — primary (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 26105419D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-23** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB522)
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- **2026-01-27** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (13-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-29** Rules suspended
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- **2026-01-29** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-01-29** Passed by for the day (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-01-29** Passed by for the day
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- **2026-01-30** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-30** Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-02** Read third time and passed Senate (40-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-05** Placed on Calendar
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- **2026-02-05** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-25** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-27** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-02** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-02** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2026-03-02** Passed House (99-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-05** Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB522ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB522)
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Signed by President `passage`
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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 824 (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/e2c41665-3ab7-4d95-92cd-6a0b17e47f30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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