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VA SB 814

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Conservation easement owners, DCR to report demographic information.

Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Virginia Conservation Easement Act; demographic information on certain conservation easement owners; report. Requires the Department of Conservation and Recreation to submit an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly containing demographic information about each owner of a conservation easement in the Commonwealth that is funded with public funds. The bill requires such information to include (i) the owner's age, gender, ethnicity, household income, and geographic location; (ii) the type of conservation entity the owner formed under the laws of the Commonwealth; and (iii) if an owner is a part of a Indian tribe, the identity of such tribe. The bill requires the Department to submit the initial report by November 1, 2026, and annually by November 1 of each year thereafter.

Introduced
2026-01-23
Status date
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Latest action
2026-01-27 — Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 6-N)
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Richard H. Stuartprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-01-23

    Presented and ordered printed 26105684D

    introduction

  2. 2026-01-23

    Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

    referral-committee

  3. 2026-01-27

    Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB814)

  4. 2026-01-27

    Senate committee offered

  5. 2026-01-27

    Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (7-Y 6-N)

Versions

  • IntroducedCompare
  • Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources AmendmentCompare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Continued to next session in Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources

    2026-01-27 · pass · 7-6

    Member-level votes (15)
    • David W. Marsden: yes
    • Mark D. Obenshain: no
    • Richard H. Stuart: no
    • William M. Stanley, Jr.: no
    • David R. Suetterlein: no
    • T. Travis Hackworth: not voting
    • Angelia Williams Graves: yes
    • Russet Perry: yes
    • Stella G. Pekarsky: yes
    • Timmy French: no
    • Saddam Azlan Salim: yes
    • Tammy Brankley Mulchi: no
    • Danica A. Roem: not voting
    • Kannan Srinivasan: yes
    • Michael J. Jones: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/SB814

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