HB 846 VA

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Virginia Land Conservation Foundation. Allows the Virginia Land Conservation Board of Trustees to waive the requirement for a holder of a conservation easement to have such easement jointly held with a public body whenever such holder acquires any interest in land other than a fee simple interest from a grant or transfer from the Virginia Land Conservation Foundation, provided that such holder is accredited by the national Land Trust Accreditation Commission or meets a similar set of standards and practices adopted by the Board of Trustees and the easement contains a third party right of enforcement, as defined in relevant law, in favor of the Department of Conservation and Recreation or another public body.

• Hillary Pugh Kent Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26104916D · lower
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
3. Jan 26, 2026 Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources · lower
4. Jan 28, 2026 House subcommittee offered · lower
5. Jan 28, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (10-Y 0-N) · lower
6. Feb 4, 2026 House committee offered · lower
7. Feb 4, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) · lower
8. Feb 5, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107146D-H1 · lower
9. Feb 6, 2026 Read first time · lower
10. Feb 9, 2026 Read second time · lower
11. Feb 9, 2026 committee substitute agreed to · lower
12. Feb 9, 2026 Engrossed by House - committee substitute · lower
13. Feb 10, 2026 Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
14. Feb 11, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) · upper
15. Feb 11, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB846) · lower
17. Feb 24, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) · upper
18. Feb 26, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
19. Feb 26, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
20. Feb 26, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
21. Feb 27, 2026 Read third time · upper
22. Feb 27, 2026 Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
23. Mar 4, 2026 Enrolled · lower
24. Mar 4, 2026 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB846ER) · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
26. Mar 4, 2026 Signed by President · upper
27. Mar 5, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB846) · lower
28. Mar 10, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 10, 2026 · lower
29. Mar 10, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
30. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 433 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
31. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0433) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
• Chaptered · HTML
• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · PDF
• Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML