HB 2061 Virginia House of Delegates · 2025 Regular Session

Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest, etc.

Summary
Department of Forestry; Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest; acceptance of conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Forestry to enter into a boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest in and to private property located adjacent to Cumberland State Forest. The bill also authorizes the acceptance of a conveyance of a perpetual access easement by the Department from Stella Watson Chambliss and Rick Matthew Chambliss, Weyerhaeuser Company, and Wayne Rosson. The easement, which will follow an existing road across a portion of Cumberland State Forest, will allow ingress and egress access from State Route 612 and a portion of Cumberland State Forest where no express right-of-way exists.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Feb 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

Enrolled Chaptered · 3 edits
MINOR
This bill was formally enacted into law as Chapter 55 of the 2025 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive text of the legislation remains unchanged, but formatting and presentation were updated to reflect its official status as an approved and enacted act.
TECHNICAL

Header information was updated from draft session format to official 'Enrolled' and 'Chaptered' status with approval date of March 18, 2025.

Text formatting was adjusted from condensed single-line format to multi-line paragraph format for readability in the final published version.

Chapter number (Chapter 55) and official approval date were added to the final enacted version.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 13, 2025 · House of Delegates Feb 4, 2025

How they voted

400
Passed
Total votes 40
Feb 13, 2025
D Democratic21
21 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican19
19 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
28
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (Effective 07/01/25)
executive
Feb 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2061ER)
lower
Feb 14, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day
upper
Feb 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Committee
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Tom Garrett
Tom Garrett
RRepublican
VA
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