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type: "Bill"
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title: "Highland Wildlife Management Area; Dept. of Wildlife Resources to convey a non-exclusive easement."
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description: "Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to grant and convey an appurtenant and non-exclusive easement and right-of-way at the Highland Wildlife Management Area (the WMA) to A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress along Davis Run Road to access the grantee's property. The bill also authorizes the Department to accept a similar easement from A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress over the LLC's property to access the WMA."
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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 759"
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citation: "Virginia HB 759 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris S. Runion"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2026-01-13"
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last_action: "2026-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f217b430-036a-49d7-b86f-b0c14c295c04"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB759"
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source_hash: "6e11c77509ee07088f9e707ca12c67a54c40c5dee504230a3b173df5a78d7b1b"
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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 759 (2026) — Highland Wildlife Management Area; Dept. of Wildlife Resources to convey a non-exclusive easement.
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Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to grant and convey an appurtenant and non-exclusive easement and right-of-way at the Highland Wildlife Management Area (the WMA) to A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress along Davis Run Road to access the grantee's property. The bill also authorizes the Department to accept a similar easement from A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress over the LLC's property to access the WMA.
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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/1085774.PDF)
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2. **Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1216853.PDF)
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3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1191180.PDF)
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## Votes
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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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- Passage R — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- H VOTE: — **98–0** (pass) · lower
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Rereferred from Courts of Justice — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Chris S. Runion — primary (person)
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- Ellen H. McLaughlin — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26102840D `filing, introduction`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-26** Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources `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 for Courts of Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-12** Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB759)
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- **2026-02-18** Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N) `referral-committee`
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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 (HB759ER) `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 (HB759)
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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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- **2026-04-06** Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/2026) `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-06** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0216)
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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/f217b430-036a-49d7-b86f-b0c14c295c04`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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