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HB 61 Battlefields; entry into an agreement to transfer certain easements.
Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Battlefield property; transfer of easements to United States. Directs the Secretary of Natural Resources (the Secretary) to endeavor to enter into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States to accomplish the transfer of the Commonwealth's easement interests in battlefield lands located within the boundaries of federal battlefield parks. The bill directs the Secretary to report on the status of the MOU to certain Senate and House committee chairmen by October 1, 2018. The bill is identical to SB 450.
FULL TEXT
- 12/04/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101736D pdf | impact statement
- 01/24/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105890D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 02/22/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB61ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/02/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0111) pdf
AMENDMENTS
HISTORY
- 12/04/17 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/18 18101736D
- 12/04/17 House: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
- 01/15/18 House: Assigned ACNRsub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/17/18 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/18 House: Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/24/18 House: Committee substitute printed 18105890D-H1
- 01/26/18 House: Read first time
- 01/29/18 House: Read second time
- 01/29/18 House: Committee substitute agreed to 18105890D-H1
- 01/29/18 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB61H1
- 01/30/18 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (98-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/18 House: Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- 01/30/18 House: Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/18 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE 2 (99-Y 0-N)
- 01/31/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 01/31/18 Senate: Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources
- 02/15/18 Senate: Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
- 02/19/18 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 Senate: Read third time
- 02/20/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 Senate: Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/20/18 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/18 House: Enrolled
- 02/22/18 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB61ER)
- 02/22/18 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/23/18 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/26/18 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 26, 2018
- 02/26/18 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 5, 2018
- 03/02/18 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 111 (effective 7/1/18)
- 03/02/18 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0111)