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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 is identical to HB 549. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2026 | SB 589 | Virginia SB 589 (2026) |
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Virginia SB 589 (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 is identical to HB 549.
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
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- H VOTE: — 64–33 (pass) · lower
- Accede Second Conference Committee R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Accede Conference Committee R — 38–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute — 16–5 (pass) · lower
- H VOTE: — 64–34 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed R — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Passage R — 24–16 (pass) · upper
- Adopt Conference Committee Report R — 22–17 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Local Government — 10–4 (pass) · upper
- Concur House Substitute R — 0–38 (fail) · upper
Sponsors
- Saddam Azlan Salim — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-14 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101913D
filing, introduction - 2026-01-14 Referred to Committee on Local Government
referral-committee - 2026-01-26 Reported from Local Government (10-Y 4-N)
committee-passage - 2026-01-27 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-01-27 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-01-27 Rules suspended
- 2026-01-27 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-27 Passed by for the day
- 2026-01-28 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-01-28 Engrossed by Senate (Voice Vote)
- 2026-01-29 Read third time and passed Senate (24-Y 16-N 0-A)
passage, reading-3 - 2026-02-04 Placed on Calendar
- 2026-02-04 Read first time
reading-1 - 2026-02-04 Referred to Committee on Counties, Cities and Towns
referral-committee - 2026-02-13 House committee offered
- 2026-02-13 Reported from Counties, Cities and Towns with substitute (16-Y 5-N)
committee-passage - 2026-02-13 Committee substitute printed 26107965D-H1
substitution - 2026-02-15 Read second time
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Read third time
reading-3 - 2026-02-16 committee substitute agreed to
substitution - 2026-02-16 Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution - 2026-02-16 Passed House with substitute (64-Y 34-N 0-A)
passage - 2026-02-18 House substitute rejected by Senate
- 2026-02-19 House insisted on substitute
substitution - 2026-02-19 House requested conference committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-23 Senate acceded to request (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- 2026-02-23 Conferees appointed by Senate
- 2026-02-23 Senate Conferees: Salim, Srinivasan, Suetterlein
- 2026-02-24 Conferees appointed by House
- 2026-02-24 House Conferees: Hope, McClure, Tata
- 2026-03-13 Conference Report released
- 2026-03-14 House requested second conference committee
referral-committee - 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 (64-Y 33-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 Senate and House (SB589ER)
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 - 2026-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 511 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive-signature - 2026-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0511)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da953c90-148c-411a-8433-7c26f00c5e3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).