VirginiaVirginia Conservation Easement Act; definition of federally recognized tribe.
What it does
Virginia Conservation Easement Act; definitions; federally recognized tribes. Provides that a federally recognized tribe, as defined in the bill, can be a conservation easement holder and that such a tribe is not bound by the same restrictions on the location of a principal office or the duration of existence that are placed on other types of easement holders. This bill is a recommendation of the Commission on Updating Virginia Law to Reflect Federal Recognition of Virginia Tribes.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Mar 4Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Latest
- Vote recorded Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 24Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 4Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 4Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Feb 3Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A)Passed House
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Read second time and engrossedMinor
- Jan 30Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 21Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB134)
- Jan 19Assigned HACNR sub: Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 3Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Jan 3Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100116DIntroduced
- Mar 4Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (10-Y 5-N)Latest