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type: "Bill"
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title: "Working Lands Preservation, Office of; powers and duties, small renewable energy projects fees."
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description: "Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; small renewable energy projects fees. Requires the Office of Working Lands Preservation to serve as a trustee to administer the in-lieu fees in trust for small renewable energy projects. The bill requires such fees to be used to acquire conservation easements and cover any expenses associated with acquiring such easements."
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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: "HB 1081"
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citation: "Virginia HB 1081 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Michael J. Webert"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2026-01-14"
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last_action: "2026-04-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf34fc2-04ad-4012-99ff-bef4fbce61d0"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB1081"
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source_hash: "643580c0e4d22e3aaf7ec21c85b402ae7843992b5e0dad97293569e554f66f07"
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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 1081 (2026) — Working Lands Preservation, Office of; powers and duties, small renewable energy projects fees.
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Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; small renewable energy projects fees. Requires the Office of Working Lands Preservation to serve as a trustee to administer the in-lieu fees in trust for small renewable energy projects. The bill requires such fees to be used to acquire conservation easements and cover any expenses associated with acquiring such easements.
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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/1087344.PDF)
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2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191204.PDF)
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## Votes
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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Michael J. Webert — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-14** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102877D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-27** Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
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- **2026-02-04** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-06** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2026-02-09** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-10** Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-11** Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
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- **2026-02-11** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-20** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1081)
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- **2026-02-24** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-26** Rules suspended
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- **2026-02-26** Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
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- **2026-02-26** Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
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- **2026-02-27** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2026-02-27** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-04** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1081ER) `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-04** Signed by President `passage`
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- **2026-03-05** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB1081)
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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 810 (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/8cf34fc2-04ad-4012-99ff-bef4fbce61d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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