VA HB 500
Status unknownNew state park; Dept. of Conservation & Recreation to acquire prop. to establish in Loudoun County.
Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did VA HB 500 pass?
The current status of VA HB 500 is not known from the official record. Latest recorded action (2026-03-03): Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
What is VA HB 500 about?
Department of Conservation and Recreation; acquisition of property to establish a state park; Loudoun County. Allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to acquire from the Conservation Fund approximately 1,240 acres of real property and any buildings or structures thereon between Little River Turnpike, James Monroe Highway, and Tail Race Road, known as Oak Hill Farm, in Loudoun County for the purpose of establishing and operating a state park on such property. This bill incorporates HB 239.
Who sponsors VA HB 500?
John Chilton McAuliff is the primary sponsor of VA HB 500, joined by 8 cosponsors.
Description
Department of Conservation and Recreation; acquisition of property to establish a state park; Loudoun County. Allows the Department of Conservation and Recreation to acquire from the Conservation Fund approximately 1,240 acres of real property and any buildings or structures thereon between Little River Turnpike, James Monroe Highway, and Tail Race Road, known as Oak Hill Farm, in Loudoun County for the purpose of establishing and operating a state park on such property. This bill incorporates HB 239.
- Introduced
- 2026-01-12
- Latest action
- 2026-03-03 — Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Sponsors
- John Chilton McAuliffprimary
- Atoosa R. Reasercosponsor
- Marty Martinezcosponsor
- Gretchen M. Bulovacosponsor
- Kannan Srinivasancosponsor
- JJ Singhcosponsor
- David A. Reidcosponsor
- Alfonso H. Lopezcosponsor
- Russet Perrycosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2026-01-12
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103090D
filing,introduction
2026-01-12
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
referral-committee
2026-01-21
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB500)
2026-01-28
Incorporates HB239 (Lopez)
2026-01-28
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute and referred to Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-01-28
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
referral-committee
2026-01-30
Committee substitute printed 26106591D-H1
substitution
2026-02-03
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB500)
2026-02-04
House subcommittee offered
2026-02-04
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (6-Y 0-N)
substitution
2026-02-06
Reported from Appropriations with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
committee-passage
2026-02-06
Committee substitute printed 26107137D-H2
substitution
2026-02-10
Read first time
reading-1
2026-02-11
Read second time
reading-2
2026-02-11
committee substitute rejected
2026-02-11
committee substitute agreed to
substitution
2026-02-11
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
substitution
2026-02-12
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB500)
2026-02-12
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
passage,reading-3
2026-02-13
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
2026-02-13
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
referral-committee
2026-02-24
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 0-N 3-A)
committee-passage
2026-02-24
Senate committee offered
2026-02-24
Senate committee offered
2026-02-26
Committee substitute printed 26108618D-S1
substitution
2026-02-27
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB500)
2026-03-03
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations (14-Y 0-N)
Versions
Documents
Votes
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute
2026-01-28 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Lily V. Franklin: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
- Tony O. Wilt: yes
- Michael J. Webert: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute
2026-02-04 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: not voting
- Bill Wiley: yes
Reported from Appropriations with substitute
2026-02-06 · pass · 22-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
H VOTE:
2026-02-12 · pass · 98-0
Member-level votes (100)
- Jessica L. Anderson: yes
- Bonita G. Anthony: yes
- Alex Q. Askew: yes
- Terry L. Austin: yes
- Jason S. Ballard: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
- Robert S. Bloxom, Jr.: yes
- Gretchen M. Bulova: yes
- Katrina Callsen: yes
- Karen R. "Kacey" Carnegie: yes
- Betsy B. Carr: yes
- Stacey Annie Carroll: yes
- Mike A. Cherry: yes
- Nadarius E. Clark: not voting
- Laura Jane Cohen: yes
- Joshua G. Cole: yes
- Nicole Cole: yes
- Kelly K. Convirs-Fowler: yes
- Mitchell Cornett: yes
- Rae Cousins: yes
- Will Davis: yes
- Karrie K. Delaney: yes
- Lindsey Dougherty: yes
- Mark C. Downey: yes
- Michael B. Feggans: yes
- Hyland F. "Buddy" Fowler, Jr.: yes
- Lily V. Franklin: yes
- Margaret A. Franklin: yes
- Debra D. Gardner: yes
- Thomas A. Garrett, Jr.: yes
- Jackie H. Glass: yes
- Timothy P. Griffin: yes
- Elizabeth R. Guzman: yes
- Karen Hamilton: yes
- C.E. Cliff Hayes, Jr.: yes
- Dan I. Helmer: yes
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr.: yes
- Phil M. Hernandez: yes
- Charniele L. Herring: yes
- M. Keith Hodges: yes
- Patrick A. Hope: yes
- Hillary Pugh Kent: yes
- Karen Keys-Gamarra: yes
- Terry G. Kilgore: yes
- Barry D. Knight: not voting
- Paul E. Krizek: yes
- Amy J. Laufer: yes
- James A. "Jay" Leftwich: yes
- Destiny LeVere Bolling: yes
- Alfonso H. Lopez: yes
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado: yes
- Marty Martinez: yes
- John Chilton McAuliff: yes
- Adele Y. McClure: yes
- Garrett McGuire: yes
- Ellen H. McLaughlin: yes
- Joseph P. McNamara: yes
- Delores L. McQuinn: yes
- Leslie Chambers Mehta: yes
- James W. Morefield: yes
- May Nivar: yes
- Delores Oates: yes
- Israel D. O'Quinn: yes
- Justin Pence: yes
- Eric Phillips: yes
- Kimberly Pope Adams: yes
- Marcia S. "Cia" Price: yes
- Sam Rasoul: yes
- Atoosa R. Reaser: yes
- David A. Reid: yes
- Chris S. Runion: yes
- Charlie Schmidt: yes
- Don Scott: yes
- Phillip A. Scott: yes
- Holly M. Seibold: yes
- Briana D. Sewell: yes
- Irene Shin: yes
- Marcus B. Simon: yes
- Shelly A. Simonds: yes
- JJ Singh: yes
- Richard C. "Rip" Sullivan, Jr.: yes
- Anne Ferrell Tata: yes
- Joshua E. Thomas: yes
- Virgil Thornton: yes
- Luke E. Torian: yes
- Kathy K.L. Tran: yes
- H. Otto Wachsmann, Jr.: yes
- Wendell S. Walker: yes
- Jeion A. Ward: yes
- R. Lee Ware: yes
- Vivian E. Watts: yes
- Michael J. Webert: yes
- Madison Whittle: yes
- Bill Wiley: yes
- Rodney T. Willett: yes
- Wren M. Williams: yes
- Tony O. Wilt: yes
- Thomas C. Wright, Jr.: yes
- Scott A. Wyatt: yes
- Eric R. Zehr: yes
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitute
2026-02-24 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- David W. Marsden: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: not voting
- William M. Stanley, Jr.: yes
- David R. Suetterlein: abstain
- T. Travis Hackworth: abstain
- Angelia Williams Graves: yes
- Russet Perry: yes
- Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
- Timmy French: abstain
- Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
- Tammy Brankley Mulchi: yes
- Danica A. Roem: yes
- Kannan Srinivasan: yes
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker: yes
Continued to next session in Finance and Appropriations
2026-03-03 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- L. Louise Lucas: yes
- R. Creigh Deeds: yes
- Mamie E. Locke: yes
- Ryan T. McDougle: yes
- Mark D. Obenshain: yes
- Richard H. Stuart: yes
- Bryce E. Reeves: yes
- Barbara A. Favola: yes
- Scott A. Surovell: yes
- Jeremy S. McPike: yes
- Jennifer B. Boysko: yes
- Todd E. Pillion: yes
- Aaron R. Rouse: yes
- Lamont Bagby: not voting
- Lashrecse D. Aird: yes
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