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type: "Bill"
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title: "Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements."
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description: "Directs the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretary) to endeavor to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to accomplish the transfer of the Commonwealth's easement interests in battlefield lands located within the boundaries of federal battlefield parks. The bill directs the Secretary to report on the status of the MOU to certain Senate and House committee chairmen by October 1, 2018. The bill is identical to"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "HB 61"
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citation: "Virginia HB 61 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Study Commissions", "Committees and Reports"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["R. Lee Ware"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2017-12-04"
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last_action: "2018-03-02"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c355083-cd5b-426e-9473-84d9ceb9ed2e"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB61"
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source_hash: "fb2425256e782f97807d2505eecd9c63fd5337b002db1396166da7db2ab35d9a"
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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 HB 61 (2018) — Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.
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Directs the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretary) to endeavor to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to accomplish the transfer of the Commonwealth's easement interests in battlefield lands located within the boundaries of federal battlefield parks. The bill directs the Secretary to report on the status of the MOU to certain Senate and House committee chairmen by October 1, 2018. The bill is identical to
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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. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB61ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB61ER)
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2. **House: Committee substitute printed 18105890D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB61H1)
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3. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101736D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+ful+HB61)
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## Votes
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
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- Passed Senate — **40–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- R. Lee Ware — primary (person)
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- Alfonso H. Lopez — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-12-04** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101736D `introduction`
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- **2017-12-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-15** Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-26** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2018-01-29** Committee substitute agreed to 18105890D-H1
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- **2018-01-29** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB61H1
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- **2018-01-30** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2018-01-30** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2018-01-30** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2018-01-31** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2018-01-31** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2018-02-22** Enrolled
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- **2018-02-22** Signed by Speaker
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- **2018-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2018-02-26** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
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- **2018-02-26** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
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- **2018-03-02** Approved by Governor-Chapter 111 (effective 7/1/18) `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/3c355083-cd5b-426e-9473-84d9ceb9ed2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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