2026 Regular Session
SB257
Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund - Reporting
Requiring the Department of Natural Resources to include in an annual report to certain committees of the General Assembly the amount of proceeds from a certain agricultural land transfer tax that are attributable to the taxation of certain instruments of writing that transfer title to parcels of land that are entirely woodland that were distributed to the Mel Noland Woodland Incentives and Fellowship Fund during the immediately preceding fiscal year; and requiring the Department to report any uncertainties regarding certain amounts.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
February 24, 2026 · Senate
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
45 yea–0 nay · 2 absent
April 8, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
133 yea–0 nay · 5 not voting · 3 absent
Committee referrals
February 25, 2026 · House
Environment and Transportation
January 19, 2026 · Senate
Education, Energy, and the Environment
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Approved by the Governor - Chapter 331
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Senate Returned Passed
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House Third Reading Passed (133-0) View roll call
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House Favorable Adopted Second Reading Passed
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House Favorable Report by Environment and Transportation
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House Hearing 4/01 at 1:00 p.m.
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House Referred Environment and Transportation
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Senate Third Reading Passed (45-0) View roll call
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Senate Second Reading Passed
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Senate Favorable Adopted
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Senate Favorable Report by Education, Energy, and the Environment
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Senate Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate First Reading Education, Energy, and the Environment