Highland Wildlife Management Area; Dept. of Wildlife Resources to convey a non-exclusive easement.
Summary
Conveyance of easement. Authorizes the Department of Wildlife Resources to grant and convey an appurtenant and non-exclusive easement and right-of-way at the Highland Wildlife Management Area (the WMA) to A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress along Davis Run Road to access the grantee's property. The bill also authorizes the Department to accept a similar easement from A1 Land LLC to allow vehicular ingress and egress over the LLC's property to access the WMA.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Feb 2026
House of Delegates Passage
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026
Signed Apr 6, 2026
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The bill has been formally enacted into law as Chapter 216 of the 2026 Virginia Acts of Assembly. The substantive policy content regarding the easement grant and acceptance between the Department of Wildlife Resources and A-1 Land LLC remains unchanged, but the document now includes official approval dates and standard legislative formatting.
TECHNICAL
Added the official chapter number (Chapter 216) and the specific approval date (April 6, 2026) to the text.
Inserted standard formatting lines and spacing typical of the final enrolled version of a Virginia bill.
Removed the session header and preliminary approval status markers found in the draft version.
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2026 · House of Delegates Feb 10, 2026
How they voted
39–0
Passed
Total votes 39
Feb 26, 2026
D
Democratic20
100% Yea
R
Republican19
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
27
Key actions
10
Committee
7
Apr 6, 2026
Signed into law
Approved by Governor-Chapter 216 (effective 7/1/2026)
executive
Mar 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by President
upper
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by Speaker
lower
Mar 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB759ER)
lower
Feb 27, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N 0-A)
upper
Feb 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
upper
Feb 24, 2026
Upper · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 18, 2026
Committee
Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (12-Y 0-N)
upper
Feb 11, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
upper
Feb 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time and passed House (98-Y 0-N 0-A)
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 28, 2026
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
lower
Jan 26, 2026
Committee
Assigned HACNR sub: Natural Resources
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Committee
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Runion
RRepublican
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