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type: "Bill"
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title: "Timber theft; accounting, penalty."
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description: "Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of timber theft if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement or, if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of timber theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed in addition to any penalties imposed by the court. The bill provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the timber theft provision. An exception exists for a purchaser who made payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "HB 2411"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2411 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Appropriations", "Conservation", "Crimes and Offenses Generally", "Property and Conveyances"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Les R. Adams"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62f16b21-0170-4a85-a4b7-ecaa1c388c24"
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source_url: "http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+sum+HB2411"
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source_hash: "4c4aeba5653c3928442457d892b80500cfc220e28f9c576c76b6070a99d15148"
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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 2411 (2019) — Timber theft; accounting, penalty.
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Provides that a person who buys and removes timber from a landowner's property is guilty of timber theft if he fails to pay the landowner by the date specified in their agreement or, if there is no written agreement, within 60 days of removing the timber. The bill provides that a person who is convicted of timber theft is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor and shall be ordered to pay three times the value of the timber removed in addition to any penalties imposed by the court. The bill provides that, following the passing of the payment deadline, a buyer's failure to pay within 10 days of receiving a demand for payment shall constitute prima facie evidence of the buyer's intent to violate the timber theft provision. An exception exists for a purchaser who made payment to a person he believed in good faith to be the rightful owner of the timber.
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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. **Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0348)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0348)
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2. **House amendments adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+amd+HB2411AH)
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3. **House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted** (committee substitute) — [source](https://committees.lis.virginia.gov/subcommitteeaction.aspx?ses=191&bil=HB2411)
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4. **House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2411ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2411ER)
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5. **House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104121D** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2411)
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6. **House: Printed as engrossed 19104121D-E** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2411E)
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7. **Senate: Committee substitute printed 19107005D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?191+ful+HB2411S1)
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## Votes
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- Constitutional reading dispensed — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendment — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with amendment — **21–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite — **10–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate with substitute — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Finance — **16–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed House BLOCK VOTE — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107005D-S1 — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Les R. Adams — primary (person)
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- Chris L. Hurst — cosponsor (person)
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- R. Steven Landes — cosponsor (person)
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- Roslyn C. Tyler — cosponsor (person)
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- Terry L. Austin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19104121D `introduction`
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- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-16** Assigned ACNR sub: Subcommittee #2 `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2019-02-01** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2019-02-01** Committee amendment agreed to
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- **2019-02-01** Engrossed by House as amended HB2411E
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- **2019-02-01** Printed as engrossed 19104121D-E
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- **2019-02-04** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2019-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2019-02-04** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2019-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-14** Rereferred to Finance `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-20** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2019-02-20** Reading of substitute waived
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- **2019-02-20** Committee substitute agreed to 19107005D-S1
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- **2019-02-20** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2411S1
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- **2019-02-21** Placed on Calendar
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- **2019-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 19107005D-S1 (98-Y 0-N)
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- **2019-02-23** Enrolled
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- **2019-02-23** Signed by Speaker
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- **2019-02-23** Signed by President
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- **2019-03-04** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 4, 2019
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- **2019-03-04** Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
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- **2019-03-12** Approved by Governor-Chapter 348 (effective 7/1/19) `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/62f16b21-0170-4a85-a4b7-ecaa1c388c24`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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