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Office of Working Lands Preservation; powers and duties; Forest Sustainability Fund. Adds management of the Forest Sustainability Fund to the powers and duties of the Office of Working Lands Preservation within the Department of Forestry. This bill is identical to SB 522.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 10, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 6 co
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB543)
Signed by President
Enrolled
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB543ER)
Signed by Speaker
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read third time
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time and engrossed
Read first time
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
Assigned HACNR sub: Agriculture
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB543)
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103270D
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Get a plain-English explanation of what this bill does, who it affects, and why it matters.
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026
Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie