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type: "Bill"
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title: "Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest, etc."
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description: "Department of Forestry; Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest; acceptance of conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to enter into a boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest in and to private property located adjacent to Cumberland State Forest. The bill also authorizes the acceptance of a conveyance of a perpetual access easement by the Department from Stella Watson Chambliss and Rick Matthew Chambliss, Weyerhaeuser Company, and Wayne Rosson. The easement, which will follow an existing road across a portion of Cumberland State Forest, will allow ingress and egress access from State Route 612 and a portion of Cumberland State Forest where no express right-of-way exists."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 2061"
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citation: "Virginia HB 2061 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Thomas A. Garrett, Jr."]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2025-01-07"
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last_action: "2025-03-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f834256-04ea-417b-9a5f-0fd868712687"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2061"
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source_hash: "62eba6376f3832e53eddf618b63ccac2991bfb23ef82a6bddb23c201647c0d2c"
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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 2061 (2025) — Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest, etc.
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Department of Forestry; Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest; acceptance of conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to enter into a boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest in and to private property located adjacent to Cumberland State Forest. The bill also authorizes the acceptance of a conveyance of a perpetual access easement by the Department from Stella Watson Chambliss and Rick Matthew Chambliss, Weyerhaeuser Company, and Wayne Rosson. The easement, which will follow an existing road across a portion of Cumberland State Forest, will allow ingress and egress access from State Route 612 and a portion of Cumberland State Forest where no express right-of-way exists.
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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/1014950.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1071102.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1054882.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passed House (99-Y 0-N) — **99–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Rereferred from Courts of Justice and rereferred to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr. — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-07** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101238D `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-07** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-22** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-01-29** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-31** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2025-02-03** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-04** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
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- **2025-02-04** Passed House (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-05** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-10** Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-11** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Rules suspended
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- **2025-02-13** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2025-02-13** Passed by for the day
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- **2025-02-14** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-14** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-02-19** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2061ER) `passage`
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- **2025-02-19** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2061)
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- **2025-02-19** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-02-22** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-03** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (Effective 07/01/25) `executive-signature`
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
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- **2025-03-18** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)
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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/1f834256-04ea-417b-9a5f-0fd868712687`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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