2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2061: Cumberland State Forest; boundary line agreement and quitclaim of interest, etc.

Legislative 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.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101238D
House of Delegates
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
House of Delegates
1/14/2025
Assigned ACNR sub: Natural Resources
House of Delegates
1/22/2025
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/29/2025
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
1/31/2025
Read first time
House of Delegates
2/3/2025
Read second time and engrossed
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
House of Delegates
2/4/2025
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
Senate
2/5/2025
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Senate
2/10/2025
Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/11/2025
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/13/2025
Rules suspended
Senate
2/13/2025
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/13/2025
Passed by for the day
Senate
2/14/2025
Read third time
Senate
2/14/2025
Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
Senate
2/19/2025
Enrolled
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2061ER)
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2061)
House of Delegates
2/19/2025
Signed by Speaker
House of Delegates
2/22/2025
Signed by President
Senate
3/3/2025
Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
House of Delegates
3/3/2025
Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
3/18/2025
Approved by Governor-Chapter 55 (Effective 07/01/25)
3/18/2025
Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0055)

Roll Call Votes

Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N)
2/14/2025
36
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
4
Absent
Result: PASSED
Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
2/13/2025
40
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
2/11/2025
15
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N)
2/10/2025
9
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
6
Absent
Result: PASSED
Passed House (99-Y 0-N)
2/4/2025
99
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED
Read third time and passed House (97-Y 0-N)
2/4/2025
97
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (22-Y 0-N)
1/29/2025
22
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N)
1/22/2025
10
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
1
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(3/18/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates

Sponsors

Republican: 1

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text3/18/20254.7 KB
Enrolled
Bill Text2/19/20254.9 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/7/20257.1 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis2/19/2025103.7 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/13/2025103.1 KB