Virginia Conservation Easement Act; definition of federally recognized tribe.
Summary
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.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2026
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2026
Last action Mar 4, 2026
Floor votes · House of Delegates Feb 3, 2026
How they voted
81–5
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 88
Feb 3, 2026
D
Democratic53
98% Yea
R
Republican35
82% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (93-Y 5-N 0-A)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (21-Y 1-N)
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 19, 2026
Committee
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Jan 3, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Marcus Simon
DDemocratic
Co
Buddy Fowler
RRepublican
Co
Paul Krizek
DDemocratic
Co
Shelly Simonds
DDemocratic
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