VA HB2059 | 2025 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-02-04 - Left in Appropriations
Pending: House Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; land preservation distributions and appropriations. Provides that beginning July 1, 2026, (i) after required distributions for transportation and localities under current law, no less than $200 million of the remaining recordation tax revenues shall be distributed for specified land protection and preservation purposes and (ii) no less than $30 million of the proceeds of bonds issued by the Virginia Public Building Authority shall be made available for infrastructure improvements and other capital projects for state parks each year The bill also repeals provisions requiring the Governor to include in the Budget Bill or in his amendments to the general appropriation act a recommended appropriation from the general fund, up to $20 million, for land preservation as follows: (i) 80 percent of the unissued credits to the Virginia Land Conservation Fund, of which at least 50 percent must be used for acquisitions with public access; (ii) 10 percent to the Civil War Site Preservation Fund; and (iii) 10 percent to the Virginia Farmland Preservation Fund.

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Title

Virginia's Great Outdoors Act; land preservation distributions and appropriations.

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History

DateChamberAction
2025-02-04HouseLeft in Appropriations
2025-01-22HouseFiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2059)
2025-01-14HouseAssigned Approps sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
2025-01-07HouseReferred to Committee on Appropriations
2025-01-07HousePrefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25102080D

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